India vs Australia Records In Cricket World Cup: Highest And Lowest Team Totals, Closest Winning Margin And More

The Cricket World Cup 2023 final is all set to witness a tantalising match-up between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The much-anticipated clash will commence at 2:00 PM IST. Talking about their road to the final in the 2023 edition, the two teams have lived up to their favourites tag with a string of dominant performances along the way. While Team India has kept their 100% record intact with 10 wins out of 10 matches, Australia have enjoyed an eight-game winning streak ahead of the summit clash.

As far as their head-to-head record in the ODI World Cup history is concerned, the two cricketing heavyweights have faced each other on 13 occasions so far, with Australia leading with eight victories. The Indian cricket team emerged triumphant in the other five encounters.

The two sides faced off for the first time at the mega event during the group phase of the 1983 edition, the same year when India won their first-ever World Cup trophy. Nonetheless, Australia won that match by 162 runs to flag off one of the greatest rivalries in the history of the competition.

Ahead of the Cricket World Cup 2023 final, let's delve deep into the other head-to-head records involving the two teams.

Highest team total

The 300-run mark has been breached on multiple occasions, indicating a run fest whenever these two teams have faced each other.

Australia's 359/2 in the 2003 final stands as the highest team total in India vs Australia head-to-head meetings in the ODI World Cup.

Batting first, the Australian top-order trio of Adam Gilchrist (57), Ricky Ponting (140*) and Damien Martyn (88*) took the Indian bowlers to cleaners en route to the mammoth total, defending it comfortably to clinch their third title at the