SK Flashback : World Cup 2003 Final - A thorn in the heart of Indian cricket fans

Delaying the inevitable

Virender Sehwag played a gutsy knock and tried to get India back into the game

From then on, as far as the Indian fans were concerned; it was merely a matter of delaying the inevitable. Though Sehwag did try to give the Australians a fight, it was only for a brief period.

He along with Rahul Dravid put together 88 runs for the fourth wicket before Sehwag fell for 82. The Indian innings eventually came to an end on the second ball of the 40th over and India lost the match by 125 runs. With that India had lost the match and chance to win the World Cup.

Incidentally, India had also scored 125 runs in their first encounter against the men from down under in the World Cup.