The BIG FINAL: Here’s India-Australia head-to-head record in World Cups

India beat Australia at the same venue, then called Sardar Patel Stadium, in the quarterfinal of the 2011 edition which they won.

• Shubham
• 17 November, 2023

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By: Shubham Ghosh

INDIA and Australia will play each other in the final of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday (19).

It will be the second time that the two powerhouses will lock horns in the title clash of the 50-over World Cup. They had met in the final of the 2003 edition in Johannesburg in South Africa when the Kangaroos had outplayed the Men in Blue, defeating them by 125 runs.

The two teams have met 13 times in the one-day World Cup with Australia leading 8-5. In this World Cup, however, India had the last laugh when they won by six wickets a MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with KL Rahul hitting an unbeaten 97 and Virat Kohli 85.

The two teams have overall played each other 150 times with Australia leading 83-57 with 10 games remaining inconclusive.

Here are the results in brief of past meetings of India and Australia in the one-day World Cup:

1975: Didn’t meet

1979: Didn’t meet

1983: Australia beat India by 162 runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in a group match

1983: India beat Australia by 118 runs at County Ground, Chelmsford, in a group match

1987: Australia beat India by 1 run at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, in a group match

1987: India won by 56 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in a group match

1992: Australia beat India by 1 run (revised target) at The Gabba, Brisbane, in a league match

1996: Australia beat India by 16 runs at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in a group match

1999: Australia beat India by 77 runs at The Oval, London, in Super Six

2003: Australia beat India by 9 wickets at Centurion Park, Centurion, in a group match

2003: Australia beat India by 125 runs at The Wanderers, Johannesburg, in final

2007: Didn’t meet

2011: India beat Australia by 5 wickets at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, in quarterfinal

2015: Australia beat India by 95 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, in semifinal

2019: India beat Australia by 36 runs at The Oval, London, in a league match

2023: India beat Australia by 6 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in a league match