The unmatched feeling of hope filled the air outside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as a sea of blue shirts filtered in through its massive gates and just as eagerly enveloped its insides. India, playing hosts for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, were also the favourites to win it, their ten match winning streak coming into the final providing evidence for the same. In the opposite corner, facing the Men in Blue and the giant wall of their supporters behind were record champions Australia. Five times the victors of the ODI World Cup already, Australia knew that claiming their sixth title would take something beyond the ordinary. (As It Happened | Scorecard | Full Coverage)