World Cup Winning Captains To Be Honored And Facilitated With Special Blazer During Final In Ahmedabad

World Cup winning captains are all set to be honored during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19.

In a special arrangement planned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), World Cup winning captains will be honored and facilitated with a special blazer in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The facilitation will take place after the end of the first innings in the 2023 World Cup final.

The likes of MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Ricky Ponting, Clive Lloyd, Allan Border, Eoin Morgan and Arjuna Ranatunga will be presented with special blazers in Ahmedabad. The presentation ceremony will also feature short clips of the captains guiding their sides to World Cup glory, before a short question-answer session with a BCCI/Star anchor.

The final will be played between hosts India and five-time champions Australia. The Men in Blue are enjoying a 10-match winning run in the tournament, having topped the league stage with a perfect record before defeating New Zealand by 70 runs in the semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

As for the Aussies, they finished third in the group stage, winning seven and losing two games. After going down against India and South Africa, Australia went on a seven-match winning run in the league stage. They then went on to beat South Africa by three wickets in the semi-finals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to book a spot in the 2023 World Cup final.

India will be playing their fourth ODI World Cup final, having lifted the trophy twice in the past (1983, 2011). As for Australia, they will walk out to play in a record-extending eighth ODI World Cup final, having won the title on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015).