India vs Australia, WC final highlights: Head hundred seals AUS' record 6th title; Kohli wins Player of Tournament

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: 12 runs off this over. Shami has taken the other new ball instead of Siraj and while he did get a wicket, he has also conceded 23 runs in the first two overs. Is this change in plan backfiring for India?

IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia 41/1 in 4 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: And the decibel levels at this colossal stadium falls off a cliff. Third ball of the fourth from Shami, fullish outside off and Marsh uses those big levers to smash Shami back over his head deep into the stands.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Well Australia have got off to a quick start here but that is as much due to the vicious swing that is present which is making it very difficult for Rahul to prevent byes. There were five wides off the fourth ball and then a four by Marsh. It meant that while there was a wicket, Australia also took 13 runs in it. The noise right now in this stadium is not something you hear, it is something that you feel with every inch of your skin.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia 28/1 in 2 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Oh that stadium feels alive now! Good length, it nips away from Warner, edged and Kohli takes quite a fantastic catch at slip. It came to his left very quick but the former India captain reacted in time. Listen to that crowd! Mitch Marsh now enters the cauldron.

Warner c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 7 (3)

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 16/1 in 1.1 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: 15 runs in the first over despite Bumrah swinging it around corners. Not much timing there from Head but it pierces the gap at cover and mid-off and races away to the boundary.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: A lot of swing away from the two left handers. Head left the third ball of the over alone. Then he hacks at the fourth one and it goes to the boundary between mid-off and cover.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: What in the world happened there. Vicious swing away from Warner first ball from Bumrah, outside edge and it flies between Gill and Kohli at first and second slip. Neither of them moved an inch, could have been a catch had they reacted.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Here we go then, Virat Kohli grooving to 'Chikni Chameli' that is being played on the stadium's speakers. Then India go into a brief huddle before proceeding to their fielding positions. They look a relaxed bunch. David Warner and Travis Head are out there for Australia. Jasprit Bumrah with the new ball in his hands. Right, no matter which way this goes, it's going to be high octane action in these first 10 overs. India need early wickets, Australia want to throw the gauntlet early as usual.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Those little innocent droplets that have such a wonderful aesthetic look in the mornings when they settle on leaves of plants and trees, well, that could be a huge factor in deciding which way this World Cup goes. There is no doubt that Australia will be made to sweat if dew is not a big factor for the rest of this evening. We hear from the commentary that Ian Bishop said that it was very dry at the moment.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: 3/55 in 10 overs and two of those wickets were of Shubman Gill and KL Rahul. Starc, just like the rest of the Australian bowlers, was exceptional today. He says that India were excellent with the ball and now need to do the same with bat early on. “There is not a whole heap of help for the seam bowlers and swing bowlers, was trying to do a few different things, vary the pace a little bit. Patty (Cummins) and Josh (Hazlewood) were outstanding and obviously a little bit of reverse at the back end. Hopefully we restricted them to enough (runs),” he says. Starc says that they had bowled second against England here and it had got “a little dewy”. Today the wicket is a little dry and “hopefully the dew comes in and we don't see any reverse in the second innings”.

"It is not an easy wicket to bat on, the easiest time to bat perhaps is against the hard new ball and there are runs to be scored and it is not going to be easy, but it is what you ask for, it is a world cup final. What more can you ask for!" he says

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Well it is innacurate say that the Indian batters have not been challenged in this way before in this tournament. They were restricted to 229/9 but then dismissed England for just 129 runs. But that was a beleaguered England batting lineup, this is an Australian lineup that has found its mojo in so many ways in the last eight matches.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: 14 runs off 15 balls between Siraj and Kuldeep for the last wicket, every run in that stand worth its weight in gold for India. Kuldeep was run out as the pair went for a rather impossible second run but they had no other choice really and so India are 240 all out. Pat Cummins had thrown the gauntlet yesterday, saying there is nothing more pleasing in sport than silencing a big crowd. Well, that is what his side did with aplomb for much of this Indian innings. But the pitch looks like a tough one to bat on and if there is no dew, this will be a tough total to chase against this extremely efficient Indian bowling lineup. For now though, the lakhs in the stadium and the millions watching on screens of different sizes around the world were probably given an idea of what it was like to face the world-beating Aussies of the late 90s and early 2000s. They were almost entirely flawless with the ball and in the field today, not giving anything away to the Indians after the first 10 overs. As an Indian fan, you would be disappointed but put on the hat of being a fan of the sport and you would see that this was 50 overs of truly high quality cricket. Australia turning on the pressure in every corner of the field, the Indians still grinding out close to 250.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Second ball of the last from Hazlewood, Siraj throws the kitchen sink at it and it goes straight past mid-off. That crowd is cheering as if Virat Kohli has scored his 51st century with a six. This is an extremely difficult pitch and India have reached 237. Very much a defendable score.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 237/9 in 49.2 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: There is the final nail in the coffin as far as a big finish is concerned for India. Fantastic bowling from Hazlewood, slow short ball, SKY goes for a pull and it goes off his glove. Inglis takes for the 1000th time today.

Suryakumar Yadav c Inglis b Hazlewood 18 (28)

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 226/9 in 47.3 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Australia have done their home work. Suryakumar tends to score a majority of his runs behind the wicket and so the bowlers have hardly given him any width. Third ball of the 47th from Cummins, he sends it short pace off but into SKY's face. It goes over the keeper and races away to the boundary straight behind him and the batter but deep third is brilliantly placed very fine. He sweeps it up and just one run comes off it. Australia have been just excellent today. Three rather disastrous dot balls after that and SKY is on 16 off 25, Kuldeep on six off 11.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 223/8 in 47 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Well, Kuldeep took a single off the last ball, strangely enough, and so he is back on strike to face the fire-breathing Starc.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 215/8 in 45 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Big shout for LBW fifth ball of Zampa's last over. Umpire raises his finger and Bumrah walks off without a second glance. That is as plumb as they come. SKY has been quietly rotating strike thus far but now, he probably will have to swing for the rafters.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 214/8 in 44.5 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Oh this ball is doing boomerangs off the pitch and of Starc's hand now. Shami goes for a big mow down the ground, itn swings away from him, outside edge and Inglis takes the catch.

Shami c Inglis b Starc 6 (10)

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 211/7 in 43.3 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Starc sends the fifth ball of that over wide of the crease, angling into Shami's hip and the latter flicks it away elegantly down to fine leg. Shami showing his batting teammates how it's done.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 207/6 in 42 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Sensational delivery that from Starc. Back of a length on off, it straightens on Rahul off the same, outside edge and Inglis takes the catch.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 203/6 in 41.3 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: It has come at the end of the 41st over. India's run rate is now tottering at 4.87. Rahul on 66 off 106, SKY on nine off 14.

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Just 117 runs in the last 30 overs after 80 runs in the first 10. Rahul and SKY have to play the innings of their careers now for India to post something close to 300, which they would've thought would be a safe total especially with the threat of dew later in the day. Rahul is on 64 off 102, SKY on 8 off 12.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 197/5 in 40 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Last ball of the 39th from Zampa, some width and SKY with a cut whide iof shirt third. He is on six off nine, Rahul on 66 off 99. All quite symmetric at the moment but India need more. So much more.

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 192/5 in 39 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: Well Australia had burned a review off the previous ball with Cummins listening to Smith and taking it. Smith was the only one convinced and sure enough, there was no edge there from Jadeja. But there is no need to review the next one, full outside off from Hazlewood, seems to reverse away and Jadeja edges it. Inglis with the rest.

Jadeja c Inglis b Hazlewood 9 (22)

IND vs AUS Live Score: India 178/5 in 35.5 overs

India vs Australia Live Score, IND vs AUS World Cup Final 2023: First ball of the 36th from Hazlewood, Rahul pushes it towards mid-on and then an overthrow gets India an extra run. Then more overthrows off the next ball. Australia have been airtight in the field so far so pretty bizarre to see this.