Australia’s Adam Zampa reached a remarkable milestone during the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 final against India on Sunday. The leggie matched the long-standing record of spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan for most wickets taken by a spinner in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.
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Zampa achieved the feat in the 45th over of the Indian innings when he bowled a length delivery with scrambled seem to trap Jasprit Bumrah in front. The Aussie leg-spinner managed to pick up just one wicket in his spell which helped him reach a remarkable milestone.
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Zampa ended up picking 23 wickets in 11 matches in the ongoing World Cup. Sri Lanka legend Muralitharan pocketed the same number of wickets in the 2007 edition of the tournament, held in the Caribbean.
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Most wickets for a spinner in a World Cup
India rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to post 240 all-out in exactly 50 overs against Australia. Pat Cummins’s decision to field, primarily to avoid operating with a dewy ball in the night, bemused many but Australian bowlers, aided by some superb fielding, stifled their opposition.
Rohit Sharma had been playing tone-setting knocks in their batting template in the tournament and it was no different in the final despite the early loss of Shubman Gill. The Indian captain smashed three sixes in his entertaining 47 but fell just before the end of the powerplay.
Kohli and Rahul (66) then combined in a dour rebuilding job even if it meant going 16.1 overs without a boundary. The tournament’s leading scorer, brought up his ninth 50-plus knock in 11 innings but soon departed after chopping a Cummins delivery on to his stumps.
Rahul hit just one four in his half-century illustrating how difficult the pitch was for shot-makers like him.
(With Agency Inputs)
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