Australia have outmuscled India in the World Test Championship 2023 final played at The Oval in London. Australia have won the World Test Championship first time in the history of the tournament after New Zealand lifted the title in the first edition of the championship. Apart from that, India have lost the WTC final for the second consecutive time.
Pat Cummins’ men completely dominated the Indians in the WTC 2023 final as they posted a massive total of 469 runs in the first innings. India couldn’t chase down the massive total in the fourth innings of the match and lost the match by a massive margin of 209 runs to end up the WTC cycle as the runners-up of the tournament once again.
Meanwhile, the Indian cricket fans and a lot of cricket fans were dejected following the defeat in another final of the World Test Championship and ending up as the runners-up of the championship. Fans took to Twitter and came up with a lot of disappointed reactions and responses on the micro-blogging site on the humiliating defeat of Rohit Sharma’s men in this all-important and must-win clash of the World Test Championship 2023.
Here's how fans reacted:
Hamko aadat h 😭🇮🇳#WTCFinals
— Coolboi (@Coolboixmusic) June 11, 2023
Khatam, tata, good bye.. ICC trophy#WTCFinals #INDvsAUS
— Maksud Ali (@Maksudali1994) June 11, 2023
Jay Shah bhay kuch karo ab majak nhi rha ye 😭 #WTCFinals #WTCFinal2023 #INDvsAUS
— Tanishk Kumrawat (@TanishkKumrawat) June 11, 2023
@BCCI @ImRo45 @imVkohli
— Ankush Seth (@dudeSeth) June 11, 2023
Indian team got two finals of WTC and got chocked both the times.
Please ask players to not play IPL in championship year atleast. And please also focus on team selection and playing 11. You are repeating mistakes #WTCFinal2023 #WTCFinals pic.twitter.com/7QOxT8lIbr
सब से पहले तो कप्तान और कोच को सैक करना चाहिए, सब से बड़े फ्रॉड तो यही दोनों है. #WTCFinals
— Parikshit Singh Pratihar (@Pratihar_07) June 11, 2023
Boys played well........
— Himanshu Shrimali (@Bikaneriii) June 11, 2023
With our emotions🥲 #WTCFinals
Two match winning knocks in two ICC finals are far more valuable than chest thumping and valueless centuries.#WTCFinals #ICC_trophies
— Suvankar Paul (@svnkr266) June 11, 2023
IPL IPL IPL IPL IPL IPL IPL,. INDIAN cricket team more & more concentrate on IPL only !!#WTCFinals https://t.co/PbhAkBx2Ib
— 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝙱𝚑𝚊𝚒ⁱᵗ'ˢ ᵃ ᵇʳᵃⁿᵈ 🚭 (@suryabhaibrand) June 11, 2023
#WTCFinals #AUSvsIND #WTCFinal2023
— Prakhar (@prakharshubham) June 11, 2023
Indian fans right now pic.twitter.com/xaJVzZPptN
Losing the final twice on different grounds of the same country can only be done by Indians.#ChampionTrophyFinal 2017 Oval
— Fan Girl 🤍🫶🏻 (@HafeezFanGirl) June 11, 2023
#WTCFinals 2023 Oval pic.twitter.com/BkMwgWc23M
Yaar ek toh WTC final bhi haar gye or upar se kal Monday #WTCFinals #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/ni3L0fUZCv
— 100 NOT OUT (@100NotOutVK) June 11, 2023
Speaking of the action of the match. Travis Head scored a massive century of 163 runs alongside an amazing century of 121 runs from the former skipper and the batting great Steve Smith. On the back of these knocks, Australia posted a massive total of 469 runs in the first innings. Responding to this, India got bundled up only on the score of 296 runs in the first innings and happened to trail by a big margin of 173 runs after the end of the first innings.
In the second innings, scoring 270 runs for the loss of eight wickets, Australia declared the innings and went on to set a huge target of 444 runs in the fourth innings for India.
Eventually, the Indians failed to chase the total and lost their all wickets only on the score of 234 runs to lose the match by an unexpected and huge margin of 209 runs.