Travis Head leads Australia to sixth ODI World Cup title, beat India by six wickets

Australia have pulled off an upset by beating hosts and undefeated tournament favourites India by six wickets to win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in Ahmedabad and extend their staggering record of title wins to seven.

The calm but experienced Australian side sailed to a comfortable win despite losing three early wickets in their run chase at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday evening.

Middle order batter scored 137 runs from 120 balls and Marnus Labuschagne scored 58 from 110 balls as Australia cruised to victory.

Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to field first. It proved to be a right decision as led by a fierce Mitchell Starc the Aussies inflicted a major damage on the Indian batting lineup. The left arm pacer took three wickets and the home side failed to recover from that. India did manage to get some momentum as they managed to grab three quickfire wickets at the start of the second innings. But it was Head and Marnus Labuschagne who steadied the ship and the Aussies didn't have face anu further problem in the remaining period of the match.

Australia last won the title at home in 2015. Their seventh title widens the gap with the rest of the title-winning countries, including India, who have two, along with the West Indies. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have each won the title once.