Australian Deputy PM To Attend 2023 Cricket World Cup Final In India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles will attend the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 final to be played between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November 2023.

• An official statement said on 17 November 2023 that the Surya Kiran aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform an air show over the stadium before the start of the match and during the innings break on 19 November afternoon.
• Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel convened a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar on November 16 to oversee security and logistics for the match at Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, as per an official release.
• Police briefed the Chief Minister on comprehensive preparations for the match, involving 4,500 personnel for ground management, team security, VIP protection, and traffic control.
• The Chief Minister instructed officials to boost metro train frequency to Motera station, anticipating fans from across the country and abroad for the upcoming match in Ahmedabad.

India-Australia clash in 2023 Cricket World Cup final:

• India has reached the finals by winning 10 consecutive matches while the Australian team has reached the finals by winning 8 consecutive matches.
• India has reached the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 70 runs. Whereas on 16 November, Australia defeated South Africa and entered the final.
• Team India is moving towards becoming world champion for the third time while the Australian team will try to become world champion for the sixth time.
• Team India has won the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011.
• Whereas in the final of the 2003 World Cup, Ricky Ponting's brilliant 140 runs had stopped Team India from winning the title for the second time.
• In the current World Cup, star batsman Virat Kohli has scored the maximum of 711 runs in 10 innings. He has 2 centuries and 5 half-centuries to his name in this World Cup. Virat Kohli has become the cricketer with the most ODI centuries in the world by scoring his 50th ODI century, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries in the semi-final with New Zealand.

Australia:

• Capital: Canberra
• Currency: Australian Dollar
• Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese
• Deputy Prime Minister: Richard Marles