cricket world cup final cricket world cup final day international match played australia india march stadium south_africa marked culmination cricket world cup eighth edition tournament time teams met stage world cup australia won match runs claim title time second succession winning toss india captain elected field australia captain involved record partnership runs team total runs india took wickets australia conceding runs response india lost wickets regular intervals eventually bowled runs overs man match india tournament leading run scorer awarded man series title background cricket world cup eighth world cup organized competition took place february march lasting days matches restricted overs hosted south_africa kenya world cup played africa competition teams largest number participants world cup apart test playing teams associate teams qualified participate competition kenya virtue status automatically qualified tournament canada netherlands teams trophy formed rest structure tournament similar world cup teams assigned different groups seven contestants group qualified super stage format introduced tournament teams carried forward results group stage groups played group exactly teams super qualified semi finals winners matches contested final total matches played tournament having won prior start tournament defending champion australia called favourite win title critics analysts unanimously favoured australia win previously won world cup india won competition prior world cup india lost series west_indies home defeated heavily tour new_zealand day start tournament australia key player won man match awards semi final final tournament sent home found positive drug test found guilty banned drug series held prior world cup australia banned playing cricket year australia fast bowler ruled tournament following injury group stage australia india grouped pool competition australia won matches group stage win england recover reach target runs won matches comfortably india start tournament opening match netherlands bowled runs scored india half century reply indian took wickets dismiss netherlands runs despite winning game batting received severe criticism batting order collapsed completion overs following match australia dismissed runs lost match wickets led angered fans india burning indian players house car following incident issued press statement requesting calm patience fans india won games pakistan england india found new opening pair match australia india finished group teams qualified super pool pool sri_lanka kenya new_zealand qualified stage super match australia played sri_lanka batting australia scored respectively sri_lanka reply managed runs overs scored took wickets australia australia played new_zealand match spell wickets runs reduced australia took total runs reply new_zealand bowled runs lee claimed wickets runs australia won match runs australia won final game wickets bowling kenya runs india faced kenya match won toss innings india lost wickets runs added runs dismissed leaving score runs loss wickets partnered pair took india victory overs respectively game sri_lanka india won huge margin runs final match stage india played new_zealand winning toss india elected bowl new_zealand dismissed runs took career best figures wickets runs india lost wickets runs run partnership ensured seven wicket win match marked seventh consecutive victory india tournament semi finals semi final semi final played australia sri_lanka march australia won toss opted bat managed runs loss wickets end overs scored australia picked wickets runs runs needed victory sri_lanka lost play interrupted rain target revised runs overs method sri_lanka managed score runs allotted overs runs eighth wicket highest partnership innings australia progressed final sri_lanka fell runs short target second semi final second semi final played india kenya march kenya non test team play world cup semi final india won toss runs wickets respectively reply kenya bowled overs captain scored runs ended bowling figures wickets runs man match build prior game teams faced times world cups australia won matches tournament australia won matches point india managed win matches australia group stage day final told press crucial matches team tries reach level indian fans high expectations tournament scorer final summary final played march stadium won toss elected field india played seven batsmen excluded leg spinner playing opened bowling india australian started scoring aggressively right beginning innings khan conceded runs particular hit khan lot runs soon reached balls turned spin early tenth slowed scoring rate innings progressed fourteenth brought attack outside circle tried hitting mid wicket beaten extra bounce caught deep balls scored runs wicket dismissed soon having runs balls score runs wickets twentieth accompanied departure scored run ball rate completed half century balls hand scored slow rate reaching balls started attacking indian started hitting handed pair added runs balls wicket completed century quick time second came balls end innings australia scored runs wickets balls balls seven respectively innings highest individual score captain world cup final australia total highest team world cup final competition run stand record partnership australia point indian conceded extras conceded runs taking wicket ultimately international game india came bat opened bowling australia hit boundary fourth ball dismissed delivery joined pair scored run ball rate dismissed lee tenth man dismissed score reading runs wickets scored steadily seventeenth rain interrupted play score runs play resumed brought australia aggressive hitting consecutive hand played second pushing singles dismissed quick succession making balls balls respectively following india began lose wickets regular intervals rest players got single digit scores india bowled runs overs australia won match runs largest margin victory runs world cup final second successive world cup trophy overall given man match honour 1st innings fall wickets 2nd innings fall wickets khan match officials field west indies england umpire south_africa match referee sri_lanka reserve umpire new_zealand aftermath post match press conference said indians showed signs winning match point time australia win said think ahead way play added india australia best teams tournament complimented indian players saying deserved final decision bowl criticized media new_york_times instance said pakistan captain denouncing decision criticized idea going match unchanged stated india played ball gripping surface defended decision saying pitch looked favourable failed utilize properly credited australian batting added played like real champions hand said opted bat won toss team mate interview later recalled india decision bowl gave impression confident fight australia rewarded prize money india received aggregate runs tournament man series placed best innings tournament included highest impact world world cup team released india edition conceded runs match india leading wicket retired months competition match marked end india coach contract request india retained position continued serve
2003 Cricket World Cup Final