‘Chalo kahi toh Australia se jeete’ - Fans react as India and Australia get fined for slow over-rates in WTC 2023 final

The World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Oval came to a conclusion on 11 June 2023 as Australia defeated India by 209 runs. However, the Men in Blue needed 280 runs with seven wickets hand on day five. But, all batters failed miserably in the first session only. So, the match ended with two sessions to go.

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But, now, news has come out that both teams have been fined for slow over-rates. India have been fined 100% of their match fees while the Aussies have been fined 80% of their match fees. Listening to that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media. Meanwhile, after the loss, during the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit Sharma shared his views.

“We fought hard but congratulations to Australia.” - Rohit Sharma

He said: "It was a tough one. We started well winning the toss and putting them into bat in those conditions. We bowled pretty well in the first session and then we let ourselves down a little bit with how we bowled. But again, credit to the Australian batters, in particular, Travis Head came in and played really well. That took us off guard a little bit and then we knew it was always hard to come back. We put up a show. We fought hard but congratulations to Australia. We spoke of a lot of things. We spoke of bowling tighter lines.” 

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“But it didn't work out. Things like that can happen. It was a good pitch to bat on. All five days the pitch behaved pretty well and we didn't capitalise. We've worked really hard for four years to make two finals. It's disappointment for us. We would like to go one better. But you cannot take anything away from what we've done in the two years. It's a great effort. A lot of players took part in those series. We'll keep our heads high and fight for the next championship as well," he concluded. 

Here is how fans have reacted:

Atleast the Australians won the trophy😭😭
But Rohit's team khaya piya kuch nahi glass toda 12 ana

— ` (@kurkureter) June 12, 2023

Test mai slow rate kya hota hai match tho 5 days bhi nhi chala🤣

— harsh♥️🇮🇳 (@HARSH99OP) June 12, 2023

Test me kya slow rate match to 4½ din me hi khatam ho gaya 🤣

— 𝚂. (@cric_shub41) June 12, 2023

India lost and also paying fine. Waah New Era for us.

— Sharon Solomon (@BSharan_6) June 12, 2023

Kahi tou Australia se jeete

— Kunal {SUPER ANGRY} (@PunalXAngry) June 12, 2023

So no trophy and neither any money for India after that humiliating loss. Now that's a bit harsh on us.

— Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) June 12, 2023

Haaar mil gai wo hii bhut hai or ye bhi ab

— Anjali Sharma (@SoniyaS30596864) June 12, 2023

Not professional at all. This team seriously needs a big makeover. Changing the captian and resting senior players will be one of them.

— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) June 12, 2023

So Rahane doesn’t get any money ?? .. he is not in Central contract as well . this is bad for top performer from Indian side

— RaviShankar (@ravshanredd) June 12, 2023