Picture Credit: Instagram/@icc

Picture Credit: Instagram/@icc

Australia cricketer Travis Head took an impressive gravity-defying catch to call off India skipper Rohit Sharma’s knock in the final of CWC’23. The hosts locked horns with maximum-time world champions, Australia in the summit clash of the tournament. The match is being hosted at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where the Aussie captain Pat Cummins won the toss and invited the home favourites to bat first. 

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The Kangaroos got off to a favourable start after India lost Shubman Gill in the fifth over. The Men in Blue got their second shock of the day after their skipper, Rohit Sharma, was caught out in the 10th over. Travis Head took a stunning catch to compel Sharma to walk back to the pavilion on 47 runs off 31 deliveries. 

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Sharma got a top edge of Glenn Maxwell delivery that ended up striking in the air towards the inner ring at cover point. Head, standing at the cover point, ran backwards and put in a full-length dive to hold the grip of the ball. Sharma, who looked pretty decent in the beginning for his side had to walk back, missing out another half-century just by three runs. 

India’s scorecard read 89 at the loss of three wickets by the end of the 13th over.