Top 20 Quotes From Cricket World Cup 2023

Australia defeated India in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on a marathon tournament. A look at 20 of the best quotes from the 48-match, 46-day event.

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Australia defeated India in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on a marathon tournament. AFP Sport looks at 20 of the best quotes from the 48-match, 46-day event.

"We have to be cautious with these bookings, because our primary aim is patient care. We can't just hand out a bed to watch the match."

-- A doctor in Ahmedabad telling AFP how Indian fans were staying in a local hospital and booking medical check-ups ahead of the tournament's big-ticket game with Pakistan. Staying in the hospital worked out cheaper than staying in hotels where some rates had been jacked up seven times the normal price.

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"To be honest I never thought that I would play a World Cup because I have come from so low (background)."

-- India fast bowler Mohammed Siraj who feared his humble roots as the son of a Hyderabad auto-rickshaw driver would shatter his dreams.

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"What has been tough is the fact that we've been under a massive amount of security. It's almost like we've been back in Covid times, where you were almost secluded to your floor and your team room."

-- Pakistan director of cricket Mickey Arthur on the stifling security for his team in India.

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"It is not as romantic as it sounds but I am fine with being the fast bowling delivery guy."

-- Netherlands fast bowler Paul van Meekeren telling AFP of when he worked as an Uber Eats driver to make ends meet during the pandemic.

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"Yes, we lost to India due to making mistakes but the stopped bus will now take two points from every stop."

-- Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali.

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"Where does it leave the bowlers? If all we want to see is fours, we have T20, play two T20 matches."

-- India coach Rahul Dravid on the big totals and pitch conditions at the World Cup skewing the tournament in favour of batsmen.

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"It was strange. I have experienced it before in first-class cricket in Wellington when the fog came in. This game continues to provide wonderful things, doesn't it? It was an amazing experience."

-- New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell on the carpet of fog which held up play in the game with India at Dharamsala in the shadows of the Himalayas.

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"I think the only time I'm affected by the air quality is when my golf ball goes up in the air and I can't see it but apart from that absolutely no stress."

-- Australia's Mitchell Marsh shrugging off fears over the air quality in New Delhi.

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"That was crazy, a freak show, you've got no options as a bowler when someone is running as hot as that. It's the cleanest hitting you're going to see."

-- Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Glenn Maxwell hitting the World Cup's fastest hundred off 40 balls in the win over the Netherlands.

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