Play halts due to interruption of Palestine supporter in World Cup final 2023

The play was halted in the middle for a while due to the interruption of a Palestine supporter. The final of the ODI World Cup 2023 saw a pitch invader, who made his appearance in the middle after breaching the security personnel. The supporter was in the stadium to ask for his support for Palestine in the ongoing war between Israel and Gaza. The play did not continue for a brief period.

KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were in the middle, as the pitch invader made it to the middle. The security personnel were behind the invader to get him out of the playing arena. It halted the momentum of the match, which was going well. India batted well in the powerplay overs. Australia was very good with the ball after getting hit by the Indian batters in the first few overs of the match.

But it was the fielding of the Australian players that gave them an upper hand in the innings. The fielders were excellent in both ground fielding and catching, which did not allow India to get going after getting the initial momentum. The entry of the invader harmed the concentration of the players as well. The Indian batters were visibly unhappy with the interruption in play.

Australia surge ahead in the match

India got off to a flying start in the match. The Indian captain scored a quickfire 47 with the bat and helped India to score 80 runs in the Powerplay overs. But in a quick period, India suffered a loss of a couple of wickets. Shubman Gill got out early in the match. Rohit and Shreyas Iyer got out in quick succession. It forced India to slow down in the middle overs.

Australia was happy to bowl in tidy lines and lengths. The former world champions bowled very well and gave nothing away. In 97 balls in the middle overs, India could not score a boundary. The phase saw Australia dominating the game. It gave the visiting side a good opportunity to take the game away from India. But the home side seems to get to a par score.