ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in a nutshell:

Match 1 - Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra lit up the opening day in Ahmedabad

Match 2 - Bas de Leede’s heroics not enough against Pakistan

Match 3 - Mehidy Hasan Miraz's all-around effort helps the Bangla Tigers thump the Afghans

Match 4 - Run-fest in Delhi as Proteas beat Sri Lanka in a game where 754 runs were scored

Match 5 - Kohli-Rahul take India home against Australia in Chennai after a shaky start

Match 6 - Mitchell Santner’s fifer highlights New Zealand’s win over the Netherlands

Match 7 - Dawid Malan’s ton sets up a big win for England over Bangladesh

Match 8 - Cramping Mohammad Rizwan helps Pakistan ace the highest successful run chase in WCs

Match 9 - Rohit Sharma’s quickfire ton helps the hosts go past the spirited Afghans

Match 10 - Quinton de Kock and South African bowlers too good for Australia

Match 11 - Returning Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell star against Bangladesh

Match 12 - Bowlers and Rohit Sharma script a thumping win for India against their arch-rivals Pakistan

Match 13 - Spin trio help Afghanistan create an upset by beating the defending champions England in Delhi

Match 14 - A collective effort sees Australia grab their first win of CWC23 by beating Sri Lanka

Match 15 - Second upset of the tournament as the Dutch defeat the Proteas at the foothills of the Himalayas

Match 16 - Santner’s flying catch highlights New Zealand’s big win over the Afghans

Match 17 - Kohli gets to his ton and takes India home against Bangladesh with a six

Match 18 - Warner and Marsh go berserk against Pakistan before Zampa stars with the ball

Match 19 - Samarawickrama’s well-composed unbeaten 91 helps Lankans go past upbeat Dutch

Match 20 - South Africa beat England by 229 runs in Mumbai, their biggest defeat in ODIs

Match 21 - Shami’s fifer helps India march on to hand New Zealand their first loss of the CWC23

Match 22 - The Afghan batters star in their eight-wicket win over Pakistan

Match 23 - de Kock goes big against the bruised Bangla Tigers and Mahmudullah’s ton goes in vain

Match 24 - Maxwell hits fastest ton in the history of World Cup off 40 balls as the Dutch had no answers to the Aussies

Match 25 - Defending champions England continue to struggle as the Lankans come out on top in the city of gardens

Match 26 - First thriller of CWC23 and Maharaj holds his nerves to take South Africa across the line against Pakistan

Match 27 - Back-to-back thrillers as Australia beat the Kiwis by five runs in the Trans-Tasman rivalry in Dharamsala

Match 28 - Skipper Edwards and van Meekeren star in Dutch win over Bangladesh in Kolkata

Match 29 - Rohit Sharma’s brilliant knock and bowlers add more misery to England

Match 30 - Afghanistan win back-to-back wins for the first time in World Cups by beating Sri Lanka

Match 31 - Returning Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique help Pakistan get back to winning ways

Match 32 - de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen’s tons helps Proteas beat the Kiwis by 190 runs

Match 33 - The Indian pacers wreak havoc as they knock over the Lankans on 55 to win big in the city of dreams

Match 34 - Four run-outs and Dutch lose another one as the Afghans grab their fourth win

Match 35 - New Zealand post 401 and still lose the game by the DLS method, courtesy - Fakhar Zaman’s sensational ton in the chase

Match 36 - An all-around effort sees Australia beat their arch-rivals England in Ahmedabad

Match 37 - Kohli equals Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons before Jadeja’s fifer to go past the Proteas

Match 38 - Mathews’ ‘Timed Out’ dismissal headlines Bangladesh’s win over Sri Lanka

Match 39 - Maxwell plays the greatest ODI innings of all time to take Australia from 91/7 to 293/7 and into the semis

Match 40 - Crisis Man Benjamin Stokes hits a century to help England beat the Netherlands in Pune

Match 41 - Bowlers set up a big win for New Zealand against Sri Lanka to put one step in the semi-finals

Match 42 - South Africa ace a nervy-chase against Afghanistan to finish the league stages on a high

Match 43 - Marsh goes big and remains unbeaten on 177 to help Australia complete their highest successful chase in World Cups

Match 44 - England beat Pakistan by 93 runs and qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025

Match 45 - Iyer and Rahul hit tons before Kohli and Rohit pick up a wicket each to stay unbeaten in the league stages

Semi-Final 1 - Shami’s sensational seven-fer derails New Zealand as Mitchell’s ton goes in vain

Semi-Final 2 - South Africa suffer another heartbreak in the semis as bowlers help Australia reach their eighth World Cup final

Final - Perfect planning and execution helps Australia stun the Men in Blue to lift their sixth World Cup title in front of 1,30,000 people

~ Akshay Bhide

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