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Kohli out for 54 in World Cup final

SPORTS 19.11.2023

Kohli out for 54 in World Cup final / Photo: Punit PARANJPE - AFP

India's Virat Kohli scored the first fifty of the World Cup final but fell soon afterwards for 54 when bowled by Australia captain Pat Cummins in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

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Kohli completed his fifth successive score of fifty or more at the tournament, albeit it took him a relatively sedate 56 balls with just four fours.

Kohli, who started this match as the tournament's leading batsman with 711 runs, scored a record-breaking 50th one-day international hundred in unbeaten hosts India's 70-run semi-final win over New Zealand.

But there was no repeat on Sunday when he played on to fast bowler Cummins trying to cut a ball that was too close to him.

India were then 148-4 in the 29th over following a stand of 67 between Kohli and KL Rahul.

Kohli's exit silenced a crowd of around 130,000, with Cummins himself having said in a pre-match press conference there was no better feeling for an opposition player.

Tight bowling and fielding meant India went 16.1 overs between boundaries.

Ch.Thomson--EWJ

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