The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup was the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament was hosted by India. It started on 5 October and concluded on 19 November 2023, with Australia winning the tournament.[1]

Ten national teams participated. All had to qualify for the tournament through the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. India qualified as hosts; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa qualified via the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, with the Netherlands and Sri Lanka securing the final two places via the qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe during June and July 2023. The West Indies missed out on qualification for the first time in their history. All teams were asked to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the ICC. A selection panel chose 16 officials to umpire and referee at the matches.

It was the first men's Cricket World Cup which India hosted solely. The tournament took place in ten different stadiums, in ten cities across the country. In the first semi-final India beat New Zealand, and in the second semi-final Australia beat South Africa. The final took place between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on 19 November with Australia winning the title for the sixth time.[2]

The top eight placed teams in the tournament's final points table qualified for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, the next ICC ODI tournament. Virat Kohli was the player of the tournament and also scored the most runs; Mohammed Shami was the leading wicket-taker.

final at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.

The final ended in a tie with England bowled out on 241 in reply to New Zealand’s 241/8 in 50 overs. Ben Stokes’ 84 not out took the match into the super over which was won on ‘boundary count’ by England after even the super over was tied with both sides ending up on 15 runs.

Earlier in the competition, England defeated Australia by eight wickets in the semi-final after finishing third in the league stage.

Australia beat favourites India
Australia won their sixth ODI World Cup title after beating hosts India in the final of the 2023 World Cup in Ahmedabad. India were unbeaten coming into the final against an ‘underdog’ Australian team that had a shaky start to the tournament, which involved losing their opening two matches. In the semi-finals, India beat New Zealand while Australia won a tight contest against South Africa to make the summit clash.

In the final, Australia won the toss and bowled first, limiting the mighty Indian batting line-up to just 240. Led by Travis Head’s century (137 in 120 balls), Australia chased the target down comfortably with six wickets and seven overs to spare.

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