ICC says attendance reached a historic high when over 90,000 fans attended India-Australia final
November 21, 2023
The over-drawn out World Cup in India has seen the biggest number of observers went to the occasion in the competition's set of experiences as more than 1.2 million fans made a beeline for the arenas to root for their groups, said the Global Cricket Board on Tuesday.
As per the cricket's overseeing body, 1,250,307 fans went to the six-week competition in India which finished with Australia getting delegated as the title holders for a record 6th time.
Before this occasion, the biggest number of participants was recorded during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with 1,016,420 observers going to the occasion. While the 2019 World Cup in Britain and Ribs witnessed 752,000 fans going to the occasion.
The ICC said it was anticipating that the record should break once the "one-millionth benefactor went to the gathering stage match between South Africa and Afghanistan in Ahmedabad". It added that the competition arrived at a memorable high when north of 90,000 fans went to the last among India and Australia at a similar arena in Ahmedabad.
The ICC additionally said that the occasion in India likewise broke a few transmission and computerized viewership records.
The uber occasion finished on Sunday with Australia breaking India's fantasy about winning one more ICC competition on their dirt, as the Pat Cummins-drove side prevailed over the hosts in the immeasurably significant World Cup 2023 last to get their 6th ODI title.
In the span of two years, Australia have now won each of the three ICC prizes — T20 World Cup, World Test Title and ODI World Cup — demonstrating why they are the best cricketing country without a solitary uncertainty.
Australia experienced a top-request wobble of their own however Travis Head's 137 off 120 balls saw them cavort home with seven overs in excess in the match that never arrived at extraordinary levels.
With 93,000 overwhelmingly Indian fans sat generally in haunting quietness as the Rohit Sharma-drove side, who had won 10 matches in succession to make the last, surrendered to their most memorable loss of the competition in the extremely significant culmination conflict.
