New Delhi. Team India had to face defeat at the hands of Australia in the final match of the World Test Championship 2023. Australia defeated India by 209 runs in the final match played at the Oval in London. Australia has won the World Test Championship trophy for the first time by defeating India. Team India’s batsmen have proved to be a complete flop in this match. Meanwhile, after the defeat, the Indian team has suffered a severe blow. The ICC has severely punished Team India on Monday due to the slow over rate. Not only this, the ICC did not leave the Kangaroos team as well. On one hand, 100 percent of India’s match fee has been fined. At the same time, the champion team Australia has been fined 80 percent of the match fee.
Team India bowled 5 overs short of the target. Due to which the ICC has taken strict action against him, while Australia bowled 4 overs less in the stipulated time. For this reason, the ICC has punished both the teams for the slow over rate. ICC has given this information through Twitter handle. Apart from this, the ICC has not spared the Indian team batsman Shubman Gill as well. Gill has been fined 15 percent of the match fee.
? JUST IN: India, Australia and star opener sanctioned by the ICC.
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— ICC (@ICC) June 12, 2023
Please tell that Team India had to face defeat for the second time in the WTC final. In the final, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Which is also believed to be a major reason for the defeat. Batting first, the Kangaroos scored 469 runs in the first innings. While the second innings was declared after scoring 270 runs. At the same time, the Indian team could only score 296 runs in the first innings. Got piled on 234 runs in the second innings. In this way Australia defeated India by 209 runs to win the WTC title.
The celebrations are on ???#WTC23 , #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/bJrfmiM2Tf
— ICC (@ICC) June 11, 2023
Significantly, earlier in 2021, India had lost to New Zealand in the final. New Zealand defeated the Indian team by 8 wickets in the WTC final. Let us tell you that the Indian team had to face defeat for the second time in a row in the World Test Championship final.