"Sack Rohit From captaincy if you want to win 2023 ODI WC" - Fans react after Team India's deflating loss vs Australia in WTC 2023 final
Australia beat India comprehensively by 209 runs in the 2023 World Test Championship (WTC) final to win the mace. The subcontinental side finished as runner-up for the second consecutive time after losing to New Zealand in the 2021 WTC final.
India began the final day of the WTC 2023 final with an overnight score of 164/3, with Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane at the crease. They needed 280 runs to win on the fifth day, while the Australians needed to scalp seven wickets to bag the mace.
Scott Boland bowled an exceptional spell and continuously tested Rahane and Kohli. His unrelenting accuracy caused Kohli to lose his patience as he went chasing outside the off-stump to edge a ball to second slip, where Steve Smith took a blinder.
The Aussie seamer then sent Ravindra Jadeja back to the pavilion in the same over to derail India's chase. The subcontinental side could not recover from there as they got bundled out in the first session for just 234 and lost the match by 209 runs.
Fans were extremely disheartened after India lost yet again in an ICC tournament final. They expressed their reactions on the matter through Twitter. Here is a collection of the best ones:
In last three year India bottled 2 T20 WCs, 2 WTCs and a Asia Cup #WTC23Final https://t.co/5qjwuxi3Yv
Can't handle Captaincy
Can't Bat
Can't field
Can't stay fit
Use less player
Rohit Sharma The biggest Choker of cricket.
Sack Rohit From captaincy if you want to win 2023 ODI WC. https://t.co/YAJdFAzQdU
Team India's weakness in WTC Finals https://t.co/15KzXA2cRn
left India. 
26 May 2014
The day ICC trophies 🏆 left India.
#WTCFinals https://t.co/EyFTliRK7N
I recommend 3 IPLs a year for sheer comfort and the guaranteed victory of an Indian team only. 🙏
#WTCFinals https://t.co/63hrtG8NL7
Chokers 😮💨
#WTCFinals https://t.co/0bsQACVfZc
Eight years of domination in Test cricket by this team, only to falter in two back-to-back WTC finals. If there was one format where they needed to shine and break their ICC trophy drought, it was undoubtedly Test cricket.
ICT fans after that boland over
#INDvsAUS #WTCFinals https://t.co/nZjrxicy6I
The pain is real. #WTCFinals https://t.co/19473Og883
ICC trophies and heartbreaks...
continue to the regular sunday 💔
#WTCFinals
#INDvsAUS https://t.co/WxpCuUqbhU
Bahut hogya...Call me Misogynist but please ban Anushka Sharma from Stadium 🏟️
#WTCFinals https://t.co/Hd1DCF75m4
India in ICC knockouts since 2014:
#WTCFinals
https://t.co/lhSxcr6rRB
Ajinkya Rahane fighting Aussies in WTC Final.
#WTCFinals #AjinkyaRahane #INDvsAUS
#INDvsAUS https://t.co/lOWrjocdhb
All out in first season. Plenty of time to shower, pack, check out and still have time to shop duty free. Excellent planning. #WTCFinals
Mood right now. #WTCFinals https://t.co/KUPz50UrAD
Find yourself the luckiest that you have witnessed Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli era of Indian Cricket
Unlike Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid who has zero achievements https://t.co/lCDaU7Xj80
Ganguly was hyped for BCCI president post, Dravid saab was hyped for head coach post (by me too), Rohit was hyped for captaincy, but nothing has changed so far. The process, intent, selections, blah blah. Tried now.
Can't handle Captaincy
Can't Bat
Can't field
Can't stay fit
Use less player
Rohit Sharma The biggest Choker of cricket.
Sack Rohit From captaincy if you want to win 2023 ODI WC.
RETIRE VADAPAV
SACK ROHIT
#SackRohit #SackCaptaincy https://t.co/VHaiQY8pdT
Virat bro, you were leaving the outside off stumps ball so well, then why the hell u chased that one 😭💔
Another ICC trophy gone !
#INDvsAUS #WTCFinals https://t.co/Km8sbfIUXj
Scenes after Ind Vs Aus https://t.co/sOHyn9zoBH
The problem isn’t the bowling. Hasn’t been the bowling for a few years now. It’s ‘The Batting’ that’s been letting India down. Across formats.
“Lunch tak to tik jaate khaana yahin mil jaata” https://t.co/JKyeWYBERG
A narrative will be created to put the blame on Indian bowling, but take out most of your ‘big-game’ losses it’s your famed batting that flops. Why are they engulfed with the fear of failure?
Time for accountability finally
#IndvAus #WTCfinal
2014 WT20 Final
2015 World Cup Semis
2016 WT20 Semis
2017 Champions Trophy Final
2019 World Cup Semis
2021 World Test Championship Final
2021 T20 World Cup
2022 T20 World Cup
2023 World Test Championship Final https://t.co/Nso2DEHh6w
Last time we won an ICC final
- We paid ₹250 for 1 GB data
- People shared their BB pins
- The word vaccine meant polio
Given the situation last night, it was always going to be Australia's game. The Kohli wicket was the last straw.
Massive overhaul needed. Ashwin for Captaincy. Dravid needs to go.
Currently Rohit Sharma simply doesn't have the composure or fitness to last over 50-60 balls. Pujara's best days are behind. Loved all these guys at one time, but for Indian team's sake they need to go.
After snatching BCCI captaincy by playing politics Rohit thought he did something. Guess what under him, BCCI-
Got trashed by Sri Lanka in Asia cup, humiliated by England in ICC T20 wc, humbled by Australia in ICC WTC final 😭
"We failed with the bat, we didn’t apply ourselves" - Indian captain Rohit Sharma after losing the WTC 2023 final vs Australia
Speaking at the post-match presentation, Rohit Sharma dissected the reasons for their loss and pointed out that they failed as a batting unit. He reckoned that his side started well on the first day with the ball, but Steve Smith and Travis Head played well and took the game away from them.
Sharma said:
"We started well by winning the toss and putting them to bat on those conditions. We bowled pretty well in the 1st session but let ourselves down with the way we bowled. We have to give credit to Travis Head and Smith. That took us off guard. We put up a good show, we fought hard but well done Australia.
He added:
"We spoke of a lot of things We spoke about bowling tighter lines but it just didn’t work out. You have to stay in the game for five days but thongs didn’t go our way. It was a great comeback from both Rahane and Shardul. They put up a good partnership there and kept us in the game. We bowled well in the 2nd innings. We failed with the bat, we didn’t apply ourselves."
What do you think are the reasons for India's loss? Sound off your opinions in the comments section.