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.
Australia never lost any knockout match except some one because they dont take preesure in knock out matches on other hand India lost knockout matches since 2014
India lost t20 world cup final against sri lanka and also lost semi-final against Australia in 2015 also lost t20 world cup semi final against West indies in 2016 on their home and lost icc champion trophy final against pakistan in 2017 fruther they lost ODI world cup semi final against New Zealand in 2019 and lost test championship final against new Zealand in 2021 they lost t20 world cup semi final against england in 2022 and they lost icc test championship final against Australia in 2023 and recently they lost Icc world cup final agianst Australia on their home in october 2023. India record in knockout matches are not good in last 10 years
The way India has performed since the start of the 2023 World Cup has been truly remarkable, including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, every Indian batsman has batted brilliantly. I would say that India's luck may not have been on India's side in the final. Otherwise, such good batsmen could not score very well. It is really painful. They should forget the pain of not winning the 2023 World Cup and focus on the upcoming championship and T20 World Cup. As they have tasted defeat more than once in the final game and in the semi-final too the Indian team has lost several times. So India team should play both the batting and bowling very responsibly when they play semi-final or final then maybe they can taste the champions.