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India fall just shy of greatness<\/h2>
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A win in Sunday\u2019s Cricket World Cup Final would have put India\u2019s 2023 team alongside – and possibly ahead of – Australia\u2019s great 2003 and 2007 teams. Defeat means they\u2019re the competition\u2019s best-performing team to have not lifted the trophy, having gone into the match with a perfect record and an average margin of victory almost unmatched in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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The tournament will likely go down as a short-term commercial success despite a flabby sporting product. An emphasis on volume rather than jeopardy of matches had the effect of helping the commercial crown jewel India reach the latter stages (the final is likely to be one of the most-viewed cricket matches in history), but lowered the stakes and therefore intrigue of the vast majority of games. The final week\u2019s exciting knockout matches show how the World Cup\u2019s long-term issue is not its 50-over format, but its competition structure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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By Omar Chaudhuri<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
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