Indian fans perform Poojas, Aartis and Havans across the country wishing India’s victory in ODI World Cup 2023 final

India vs Australia has been one of the most enthralling and competitive rivalry in Cricket in the past few years. While Australia has an upper hand over India in the past, India has been dominating Australia in most engagements. It won’t be wrong to say that the two strongest cricketing nations in the world are facing each other in the finals of the ODI World Cup 2023.

Australia after playing against their pedigree in the initial two matches of the tournament recovered and entered their 8th final of ODI World Cup history by winning 8 matches on the trot. On the other hand, India has been by far dominating the leader board form the top in the World Cup by winning all 10 matches so far.

Today both the teams will be up against each other in their 2nd ODI final at the huge Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with a capacity of more than 1,30,000 people who will be cheering their lungs out for their favorite teams. India has reached their first final after 2011 and a wave of excitement and nervousness has swept the entire nation. 

Air of nervousness across the country

Despite a spectacular performance in the World Cup and having an edge over Australia in the recent past, there is a sense of nervousness among the entire nation which is because of the match-winning abilities of the Australian players and also because of the scars from losing the Cup in 2003 in South Africa. 

Therefore, the whole nation is rooting for Team India and praying for the good performance of the players. People across the country are doing everything in their capacity to send their good wishes to the team. Visuals of havans, aartis, and poojas are circulating all over social media reflecting how much people are invested in India’s performance in the World Cup for the team against Australia before the penultimate match of the World Cup final.

Bhasma Aarti in Ujjain Mahakal temple was also performed among many for wishing the Indian team's victory in the World Cup final. India is eyeing their 3rd ODI World Cup title whereas Australia would like to stamp their authority by winning their 6th ODI World Cup title.