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A match for the ages: Will an unbeaten India storm past the Aussie swagger?

BySomshuvra Laha
Nov 20, 2023 11:31 AM IST

As an epic rivalry plays out, on the biggest stage there is, it’s been a long road to this moment: odds-on favourites against the mighty Australia.

Twenty years on, the gnawing anxiety has not eased. India and Australia are in a World Cup final. Good for the game; not so great for the nerves.

Losing against Australia, at the World Cup in 2003. (Getty Images)
Losing against Australia, at the World Cup in 2003. (Getty Images)
Winning against Australia in a group stage match, earlier in this tournament. ‘We want to take on the best. [India have] been the best in the tournament so far,’ as Australia’s Mitchell Starc put it, speaking of Sunday’s final. (PTI)
Winning against Australia in a group stage match, earlier in this tournament. ‘We want to take on the best. [India have] been the best in the tournament so far,’ as Australia’s Mitchell Starc put it, speaking of Sunday’s final. (PTI)
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