AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of Travis Head’s 137.
A heavily pro-Indian crowd inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.
Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while attempting to hit a title-clinching boundary.
In came Glenn Maxwell and he ran two off his first ball, securing a victory that prompted fireworks above the world’s largest cricket venue.
Australia finished the tournament with a run of nine straight wins, after starting with back-to-back defeats to India and South Africa.
Persons:
Travis Head’s, Narendra Modi, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Lokesh Rahul, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist –, Rohit Sharma, ___
Organizations:
— Australia, Cricket, Indians
Locations:
AHMEDABAD, India, Australia, South Africa