Here we are, then. Modern cricket’s greatest rivals will clash to wrest the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. There could not have been a better setting than the coliseum, which is the Shri Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad.
India have come through smoothly with the odd amber light to slow down while the Australians have had to deal with a couple of red lights before they came to Ahmedabad. Both teams are as ready as ‘ready’ can be and we could be in for what could well turn out to be as good a final as the last one in England when England finally won the title.
In the T20 format, it is usually said that the PowerPlay decides which way the game is going to go. In this 50-over World Cup that has been true of the games that India has won, both while batting as well as bowling they have done exceptionally well in the first 10 overs to set the tone for the rest of the game.
