Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also arrive to watch the India-Australia ODI Cricket World Cup final on Sunday. The match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has also been invited by India to watch the final. Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese came to watch the India-Australia Test match earlier this year.
Before the final, an aerial spectacle will be staged under the leadership of the Indian Air Force’s Surya Kiran team. Star Sports informed that the concert of Albanian-English pop singer Dua Lipa will also be added to the final.
Earlier, before the India-Pakistan match held at the same stadium, musical programs and a visual feast were arranged. Celebrities like Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan and Sukhwinder Singh have lined up for the event.
India qualified for the final by defeating New Zealand by 70 runs in the semi-final match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer hit centuries to set India a huge target of 398. In reply, the Kiwi innings was limited to 327 runs. Mohammad Shami was full of Wankhede with seven wickets.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are going to play the seventh final of the ICC tournaments. With this, they will also participate in the record currently held by Yuvraj. If they win the World Cup final as well, Rohit Sharma will join MS Dhoni in the ODI record of 11 consecutive victories as a captain. Rohit Sharma has become the only player to complete 500 runs in a World Cup edition with 120 strikes.
Australia bowled out South Africa for 212 in the second semi-final. Australia qualified for the final by losing seven wickets in 47.2 overs.
2023-11-17 13:46:56
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