Australia stun hosts India by six wickets to win their sixth Cricket World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with opener Travis Head smashing a magnificent century.
Australia won the toss and elected to field first, restricting India to a subpar 240 all-out – with Virat Kohli (54) and KL Rahul (66) scoring half-centuries for India.
Australia suffered a top-order wobble, but Head’s 137 off 120 balls saw them romp home with seven overs to spare.
It was India’s first defeat of the tournament after they had won all 10 of their previous matches. Australia came into the final on an eight-game winning streak, but had lost the group encounter with India
