'Proud Of This Team': Heartbreak as India Loses to Australia in 2023 Cricket WC

As Australia beat India by six wickets to be crowned the 2023 ICC World Cup champions in Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, 19 November, fans of the team took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their heartbreak.

Several pointed out that India's men's cricket team gave several reasons to be proud during the tournament.

Dear Team India,

Your talent and determination through the World Cup was noteworthy. You've played with great spirit and brought immense pride to the nation.

We stand with you today and always.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 19, 2023

Team INDIA, you played solidly well through the tournament!

Win or lose - we love you either way and we will win the next one.

Congratulations to Australia for a well deserved World Cup victory.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 19, 2023

There will be so much analysis of this game and outcome, but this was a team that has given us many reasons to be proud.

And yet today is a reminder: past performance isn’t always indicative of future results.

— Radhika Gupta (@iRadhikaGupta) November 19, 2023

I know it didn't end the way it was meant to. They came up today against a team that played better as every team in this World Cup has some day. But this was an outstanding, powerful performance that India, and the fans, should be mighty proud of.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 19, 2023

Thank You so much Team India for a month of joy. Life looked easier.

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 19, 2023

Australia Captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first in the World Cup Final in a stadium filled with blue. The Indian team was bowled out on 240 on the last ball of the innings. In the second innings, despite India taking a few early wickets, it was an easy chase for the visitors.

'Feel Terrible for Rohit & Virat'

More than anything else, I feel for the two big pillars of India's batting for the most of the past decade - Rohit and Virat.

This sucks for them.
History will remember them differently for these losses, while statistics will do justice to their greatness.

Also, I can only hope…

— Joe (@josephradhik) November 19, 2023

Sad to see people leave the stadium. This team deserves a huge round of applause for being champs throughout the tournament. Amazing that they did not lose even one match until now. The best batsmen and bowlers just had a rotten day today. Thanks for the great cricket, India!

— Radhika Santhanam (@radhikasan) November 19, 2023

genuinely do not understand the use of 'home crowd' if no one is getting behind them when they need it the most

— s (@_sectumsempra18) November 19, 2023

It's sad that none of the teams got the cheer they deserved. The hosts won 10 games in a row, the winners 9. I understand the disappointment but the teams worked hard enough to atleast get a stadium that applauded their journey and resilience rather than stone cold silence.

— Debdatta Sengupta (@goodeeoneshoe) November 19, 2023