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Indian team was just outplayed. There is no excuse. The captaincy of Australian team was absolutely on the point. They set up the field really well. It was a pretty unusual field setting in the middle of from Australia. They forced Virat Kohli to take a single through the third man region. And eventually, Virat Kohli got out trying to do that. And Australia had a really good plan which they executed perfectly. And honestly, it did not matter how well India was going to bowl Australia had the capability of chasing the target. we have seen Australia winning impossible matches in this tournament. Especially against Afghanistan. And I think India was used to playing in fast pitches throughout the whole tournament, so when they eventually had to play in a slow pitch, they didn't do well.
When Australia lost the first two matches of the world cup, everyone of criticizing Pat Cummins for the failure because he was not aggressive as a captain and to win the rest of the match and then to have a great game plan to counter India in the final was marvelous. Credit should be given to the coaching staff and the captain for leading from the front through the tournament with the bat even though he did not play any fancy innings but was helping the team during crucial situations and with the ball and then executing them in the field was perfect.
Let's be honest, Pat Cummins was actually scared. And that was the best thing that happened to him. Australia was being criticized a lot and a lot of people also said that Australia was not going to make it to the semifinals. Even I was thinking the same thing when Australia was in really bad situation against Afghanistan. I thought India was going to take the trophy without any big trouble. But Australia turned things around. Australia where scared and that is exactly what enabled them to perform better and make themselves. Push harder for better performance.
And let's be honest India didn't have any true competition throughout the whole tournament. So I actually think probably India took things a little easy.