AUSTRALIA WIN THE CRICKET WORLD CUP FOR 6th TIME

Australia regained its status as the king of one-day cricket by claiming a record-extending sixth World Cup title on Sunday, ending India's dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a lowscoring final on the back of a brilliant innings of 137 by Travis Head...

Virat Kohli covered his face with his India cap. Rohit Sharma walked off with his head down. What felt like the only cheers inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi stadium, which was a sea of Indian blue all day, came from the jubilant Australian players on the field.

Australia regained its status as the king of one-day cricket by claiming a record-extending sixth World Cup title on Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a lowscoring final on the back of a brilliant innings of 137 by Travis Head.

The crowd — officially announced as 92,453 — was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.

Australia was wobbling in its chase on 47-3 after seven overs, but Head and Labuschagne dug in to help their country add to its 50-over world titles in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015. Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while attempting to hit a title-clinching boundary. In came Glenn Maxwell, and he ran two off his first ball, securing a victory that prompted fireworks above the world’s largest cricket venue