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Travis Head has produced an innings for the ages to lead Australia to a sixth Cricket World Cup crown, beating India by six wickets in the final.

Wasim Akram and Moeen Khan expressed their desire for the restoration of bilateral cricketing ties between India and Pakistan. The last time the arch-rivals played in a bilateral series was back in 2012-13. Since then, the Pakistan team has visited India twice.

Australia prepares to lock horns against India in the final of ICC Cricket World Cup final at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, a key aspect to be discussed is the performance of Australian middle order in the tournament. While Australia had a dramatic change of fortune following two big losses to India, the same cannot really be said for its middle-order lineup featuring Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, who are the team's anchors and Josh Inglis and Glenn Maxwell, the lower middle-order batters who are supposed to attack. The Australian middle order has been highly inconsistent in this tournament.

India has been unbeaten so far in the tournament. India beat Australia by six wickets in its first match on October 8, 2023, in Chennai.

Virender Sehwag claimed that India has certain advantages over Australia and in fact, Pat Cummins and Co are a little scared to face Rohit Sharma's men. However, it won't be a ‘one-sided affair’. Speaking to Cricbuzz, Sehwag said, "India will surely have an advantage.

Pat Cummins hailed India's star pacer Mohammed Shami and said he will be the player who will challenge the Baggy Greens in the World Cup 2023 final on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Shami has taken the entire tournament by storm since making his first appearance against New Zealand in Dharamshala.

Pat Cummins may be undecided about his future as Australia's one-day international captain after the World Cup but few of his compatriots will be urging him to stand down after his efforts in India. Australia have had no shortage of contributors through the tournament, with Adam Zampa taking 22 wickets and David Warner scoring a pile of runs. Cummins's courage under fire and unlikely heroics with the bat, however, have been vital in his team's revival following back-to-back defeats at the start of the campaign. An unbeaten 14 against South Africa in Thursday's semi-final saw Cummins walk off the ground with bat in hand and victory secured for the second time in the tournament. In the first, he teamed up with Glenn Maxwell to save Australia against Afghanistan, hanging tough in an epic knock of 12 not out from 68 balls to allow his all-rounder team mate to thrash a double century for victory. Australia has had its fair share of serious skippers, from «Captain Grumpy» Allan Border to the stone-faced Steve Waugh. Cummins, by contrast, has kept the mood light in the dressing room and out at the crease, where the banter flows freely with batting partners no matter how high the stakes. «I think it's easier out there than sitting in the dugout,» Cummins said of batting in a tense finish. Having led Australia to their first World Test Championship triumph in June, Cummins could become the fourth Australian captain to secure the global 50-over title on Sunday, joining Border, Waugh and Ricky Ponting. SCEPTICISM For all Australia's success in the test arena since Cummins replaced Tim Paine as skipper two years ago, his captaincy has not always been universally admired. He has leant heavily on former captain Steve Smith

Australia have survived another collapse on a spinning Indian wicket to sneak into the World Cup final with a nervy three-wicket win over South Africa in Kolkata.

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Kagiso Rabada Australia: David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Quinton de Kock (VC)(WK), Heinrich Klaasen, David Warner (C), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa The pitches at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata are generally known as batting-friendly. However, as the match proceeds, the pitch becomes slow and acts in favour of spinners.

World Cup 2023, the team crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets while chasing down a 300-plus score with ease. The successful chase of 307 runs was powered by a 177-run knock from top-order batter Mitchell Marsh. The inning comprised of 17 fours and 9 sixes, and came in 132 balls.

Australia vs Bangladesh Live Score Updates: AUS vs BAN Australia have already qualified for the semi-finals against Temba Bavuma's South Africa with 12 points from 8 matches and a net run rate of +0.861. They have won 6 and lost 2 in the tournament and are third on the points table behind India and the Proteas. On the contrary, Bangladesh are in the eighth position with 4 points and (-)1.142 NRR, winning 2 of their 8 matches and losing 6.

Australia vs Bangladesh Live Score Updates: AUS vs BAN, Five times world champions Australia take on Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from 10:30 am onwards today. The two teams have had drastically different World Cup campaigns so far with the Bangladeshi Tigers losing all of their matches after the first encounter against Afghanistan with the exception of victory in the last game against Sri Lanka.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: AUS vs AFG, World Cup royalty Australia take on a resurgent Afghanistan side at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from 2pm today.The Aussies have made a great comeback in the tournament after being crushed by India and South Africa in their opening two ICC World Cup 2023 matches.David Warner, at the top of the Australian batting line-up, has proved his critics wrong and continues to shine as one of the tournament's top run-scorers.

Australia star Steve Smith said the decision to let the team play Afghanistan in a crunch World Cup match was «above my pay-grade» as Cricket Australia faced accusations of «double-standards». Earlier this year, CA scrapped a three-match one-day international series against Afghanistan on the grounds the Taliban, who regained power in 2021, had placed fresh limits on education and work opportunities for Afghan women and girls, including female cricketers. In the run-up to Tuesday's high-stakes match in Mumbai, Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq took to social media to suggest there was an element of hypocrisy in CA abandoning the one-day games but going ahead with a World Cup match where it had something to lose. «Refusing to play the bilateral series, now it will be interesting to see cricket Australia stand in the World Cup #standards #human rights or 2 points,» Naveen wrote on Instagram. Former Australia captain Smith, however, told a pre-match press conference at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Monday: «We obviously played against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup at home recently and we're playing tomorrow (Tuesday) so it's not a question for me, it's far above my pay grade.» Cricket Australia had earlier responded to Naveen's post, with a spokesperson telling News Corp Australia: «CA made the decision not to proceed with the three match ODI series against Afghanistan in March following the announcement by the Taliban of further restrictions on women's rights including education and employment opportunities and the access to parks and gymnasiums. »There is a distinction between playing bilateral series against Afghanistan which falls under CA control as compared to playing in a World Cup tournament which is

World Cup semifinals, Australia will look to banish middle-order woes and secure a final four spot against a fearless Afghanistan here on Tuesday. Only two places remain up for the taking with rampant India slated to finish atop the World Cup points table.

England vs Australia Live Score Updates, Cricket World Cup 2023: Reigning champions England take on old rivals Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The ENG vs AUS clash promises to be a thrilling encounter, with the defending champions likely to go all out after being knocked out of the tournament.England have had a miserable World Cup defence, winning just 1 of their 6 matches and sitting at the bottom of the ICC World Cup points table.

World Cup semi-finals and will aim to get their 5th win. Meanwhile, English players would like to play with a lot of freedom after being ruled out of the tournament. Also Read| England vs Australia Live Score Updates, Cricket World Cup 2023 David Warner, Dawid Malan, Jos Buttler, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins The Narendra Modi Stadium has 11 pitches.

Catch LIVE updatesAccording to Weather.com, there is not much likelihood of rain in Delhi, and it could get as high as 31 degrees. There will be a maximum of 66% humidity.The Australia vs Netherlands match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels.

World Cup 2023, they will face the Netherlands in their fifth match of the tournament. After having lost in the first two matches, against India and South Africa respectively, they secured back-to-back wins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The Netherlands have won just one of their four matches in the tournament so far, but that win was historic.

ICC ODI World 2023 encounter at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 25. This will be a day-night match, starting at 2 pm (Indian Standard Time). Although Australia are the favourites moving into the bout, the prospects of the Netherlands cannot be ruled out.

Australia and Pakistan full squad: Australia World Cup squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.Pakistan World Cup squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.When and where to watch the Australia vs Pakistan encounter? The Australia vs Pakistan match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels. Indian viewers can also enjoy free live streaming of these matches on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.