The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 was hosted by India. Ten teams participated in that, namely South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, England, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. It was a One Day International tournamentstarting from 5 October till the final match on 19 November. The tournament took place in ten cricket stadiums in ten different cities.
All the teams played quite well, but the remarkable four among them were Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and India. Out of these, India had an outstanding performance with 10 constant victories. Although its defeat against Australia in the final match was quite disheartening for the crores of Indians, we must not forget the continuous victories for this. Under the training and guidance of Mr. Rahul Dravid and the captaincy of Mr. Rohit Sharma, all the players – starting from the batters to the bowlers – played their best which was reflected in this series. An Indian, Mr. Sachin Tendulkar, had a record of scoring the maximum number of centuries in ODIs i.e., 49. This record has now been broken, but again by an Indian, Mr. Virat Kohli. Virat has also set a record for scoring the maximum runs in a single ODI edition. Hemade 765 runs in 11 innings, thereby winning the Golden Bat Award. The Golden Ball Award (given to the most wickets taker) Winner is also an Indian, Md. Shami.
This tournament meant to me a lot as I learnedseveral life lessons from it, the most important being that a single day experience cannot talk much about something, just by looking at someone for a single day, you cannot prepare his/her report card. Like, you cannot call the Indian Team a failure just because of the final match. Secondly, life is unpredictable: you should not decide theconsequences with the preceding events. Third, life is bound to have ups and downs. And last but not the least, one gets disheartened because of hopes, and hopes are created only by the capable ones.
So I will conclude it by saying-
BELIEVE IN BLUE…
-Satavisha,10B
