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...

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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