ICC World Cup 2023 sets all-time tournament attendance record of 1.25 million

ICC World Cup 2023 The justconcluded ICC World Cup 2023 attracted a tournamentrecord 125 million spectators during the sixandahalfweek event which ended Sunday with Australia beating India by six wickets for its sixth titleThe International Cricket Council said Tuesday that the tournament had 1250307 spectators With six games to go the spectator figures had already surpassed the one million markThe India attendance figures surpass the earlier marks of the 2015 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand which attracted 1016420 spectators and the 2019 edition in England and Wales which had 752000 fansAlso ReadOutthought outfoughtThe 10team tournament in India saw each team play the others once to advance to the semifinals There were 48 matches played overall for a total average attendance of about 26000It was the 13th edition of the World Cup with the first being held in 1975Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheered up the Men in Blue following Team Indias heartbreaking loss at the ODI World Cup 2023 final against Australia on SundayIn a video shared by the Prime Ministers Office PM Modi is seen motivating Rohit Sharmas side and said that the country is with them He also said that they had worked hard in the tournamentYou people have won 10 consecutive games This one loss is normal it keeps on happening Please smile the entire country is watching you I just thought that I should go and meet you people PM Modi said inside Indias dressing roomPM Modi also hailed Indian speedster Mohammed Shami and said that he had done well at the ODI World Cup 2023 Well done Shami You played really well this time he saidModi also asked the team to stick together in this difficult time following their sixwicket loss against Australia in the finals While concluding the Prime Minister cordially invited the squad to Delhi and asked them to meet againYou guys have worked really hard and played exceptionally well Just stick together and keep on motivating each other Also whenever you are free and are in Delhi then lets meet again You all are cordially invited from my side he concludedAlso Read End fingerpointing accept loss move on PatilDuring PM Modis visit to the dressing room he interacted with every Indian player and encouraged themComing to the match India bundled out on a score of 240 in 50 overs On a tough batting surface skipper Rohit Sharma 47 in 31 balls with four boundaries and three sixes Virat Kohli 54 in 63 balls with four boundaries and KL Rahul 66 in 107 balls with one four posted important knocksMitchell Starc 355 was the pick of the bowlers for Australia Skipper Pat Cummins 234 and Josh Hazlewood 260 also bowled well Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell got a wicket eachWhile chasing 241 India had the Aussies down at 473 Knocks from Travis Head 137 in 120 balls with 15 fours and four sixes and Marnus Labuschagne 58 in 110 balls with four boundaries left the Indian team without answers and guided them to a sixwicket winThe World Cup finalists will now compete in a fivematch T20I series which will begin on Thursday in VisakhapatnamWith agency inputs