Australia hammered India by 209 runs to win Sunday’s World Test Championship final at The Oval. India, set a record 444 to win. But like last time they could not lift the winning trophy.
Australia won the World Test Championship after a crushing win over India in the final at The Oval on Sunday. India, who were 164 for 3, suffered a dramatic collapse. And lost 7 wickets in the morning session to crash to a 209-run defeat. This was India’s second consecutive defeat in a WTC final. They had lost to New Zealand in the title clash of the inaugural edition in 2021.
Scott Boland got the ball rolling with two early dismissals in the day. With Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc also among the wickets as Australia rattled through India to win the World Test Championship title. Australia were the dominant team during the WTC cycle. Finishing top of the standings to qualify for the showpiece final against India thanks to 11 wins from 19 matches.
Nathan Lyon ended this Test Championship campaign as the world’s highest wicket-taker.
And four of the top six run-scorers in the WTC cycle were Australian. With only Joe Root scoring more than Usman Khawaja (1621) and Marnus Labuschagne (1576). And the first innings heroes Head and Smith scoring 1407 and 1389 runs respectively in the Championship.
The triumph makes Australia the first team to have won world titles in all three formats of the game. This is the ninth time Australia have taken an ICC Trophy. With Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner completing their own triple crowns.
“A lot of hard work has gone into the past few years to get into this situation to play in the final,” Smith said. “We have dominated the game from day one. Maybe let them back in in glimpses. But outside of that it was a pretty well polished performance.”
