India ICC World Cup History 2003

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya co-hosted the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. India, led by Sourav Ganguly, became the runner’s up of the tournament. They started off with an unconvincing victory over the newcomer Holland at Paarl, South Africa. Soon they got their act together and moved towards the final steadily. In the final, they lost to the deserving Australians.

Let’s check the last match performance of Indian Cricket team:

Stage of MatchFinal
StadiumWanderers Stadium (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Opponent TeamAustralia
India's PerformanceIndia won the toss and elected to field first. Harbhajan Singh took 2 wickets. The steep target of 360 runs overwhelmed Indian batting lineup. The only two decent scorers were Virender Sehwag (82 runs) and Rahul Dravid (47 runs). India was all out at just 234 runs in 39.1 overs.
Australia's Performance105-runs 1st wicket partnership between Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, followed by decent showing by Ricky Ponting (140 not out) and Damien Martyn (88 not out) helped Australia score 359 runs. Glenn McGrath took 3 wickets, helping Australia restrict India to 234 runs.
India Won/LostLost

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