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On This Day, ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Final: The whole of India was left in tears on this day a year ago after the cricket team's heartbreaking defeat in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023.

On November 19 last year, Australia stunned the jam-packed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as they defeated India by six wickets in the final to lift their sixth World Cup title.

The memorable campaign for the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team ended in the worst possible way as they were outclassed by the Aussies in all departments.

Fans could never keep themselves away from the upsetting memories of this long journey of 365 days and quickly recalled the date of the final.

The Men in Blue had a remarkable outing in the marquee tournament at home with almost every player putting up consistent and impactful performances throughout their campaign.

Star batter Virat Kohli lit the tournament with the bat and ended as the top run-getter, having scored 765 runs in 11 matches at an average of 95.62 with the help of six fifties and three hundreds.

Skipper Rohit also led from the front and provided a promising start to India's innings in almost every game on the back of his attacking approach.

Indian players notable performances in ODI World Cup 2023

Virat Kohli - 765 runs in 11 matches

Rohit Sharma- 597 runs in 11 matches

Shreyas Iyer - 530 runs in 11 matches

KL Rahul - 452 runs in 11 matches

Shubman Gill - 354 runs 

Mohammed Shami - 24 wickets

Jasprit Bumrah - 20 wickets

Ravindra Jadeja - 16 wickets

Kuldeep Yadav - 15 wickets

Mohammed Siraj - 14 wickets


India kicked off their campaign with a six-wicket win over Australia in Bengaluru before getting the better of Afghanistan in Delhi.

India then defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in Ahmedabad to maintain their remarkable momentum.

The Men in Blue then outclassed Bangladesh, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the Netherlands in their remaining league matches.

Kohli scripted history during India's semifinal match against New Zealand as he smashed his 50th ODI hundred.

India defeated the Blackcaps by 70 runs in a high-scoring contest and made it to the final being undefeated throughout the tournament.

In the final in Ahmedabad, Australia came up with a magnificent bowling effort after winning the toss. They bowled India out for 240 runs in their 50 overs.

Despite a few early fireworks from Indian bowlers, Australia held their nerves and chased down the target with Travis Head playing probably the best innings of his career.

Head smashed 137 runs in 120 balls with the help of 15 fours and four sixes as Australia won the match in just 43 overs.