Mitchell Starc Predicts 'Spectacle Of Cricket' In World Cup Final Against India

Australia's Mitchell Starc believes Sunday's World Cup final against India at Ahmedabad's 130,000-capacity stadium will be "loud and a spectacle of cricket". Five-time champions Australia edged out South Africa by three wickets in a tense chase of 213 in Kolkata on Thursday to make their eighth World Cup final. "It's a big occasion, it's a World Cup final," Starc, who returned figures of 3-34 to help bowl out South Africa for 212, told reporters.

"Guys in both changing rooms have been there before at different formats. Both teams played each other in the (World Test Championship) Final earlier in the year. I don't think either changing room is new to big occasions.

"It's going to be loud. No doubt there's going to be different amounts of pressure at different times on both teams. I think it's just going to be a great spectacle of cricket."

Rohit Sharma's India have a perfect 10 wins from 10 games at this World Cup after seeing off New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final on Wednesday.

They are firm favourites to lift the trophy for a third time and second at home after 2011.

"They've been the best in the tournament so far and we both find ourselves in the finals," said Starc of the match-up.

"That's what World Cups are about. We played them in our first game of the tournament, now we get to take them on in the last. What a place to be at the end of a World Cup."

Australia started the tournament with losses to India and then South Africa before they won seven straight league matches to storm into the final-four.

Against India, they lost by six wickets in Chennai after being bowled out for 199, and then slumped to a 134-run defeat to the Proteas in Lucknow.

'Don't care'

Australia last won the World Cup in 2015 but