On what a par total would have been: "Honestly, 20 or 30 more would have been good. We spoke when KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were batting and they were putting on a good partnership. Things didn't get much better when the team returned to India and the host nation for the World Cup took the first two matches of the series for an unassailable lead, before a returning Maxwell produced something freakish for Australia to win the final game of that series.

On 99 he would have been run out as he scampered to three figures, had Ravindra Jadeja's throw hit from cover. India batsman Sanju Samson will captain the side after Smith's departure, with England batsman Liam Livingstone also in the squad. Head was caught for 137 from 120 balls with just two runs needed, but Glenn Maxwell flogged the winning runs a ball later while Labuschagne ended 58 not out from 110.Head's innings will take the headlines, but this victory was built on a sensational performance with the ball and a brave decision to bowl first at the toss by Pat Cummins. Each squad has a maximum of eight overseas (non-Indian) players but no more than four can be selected in a starting XI. We saved our best for last. The players stood up and were are pretty chuffed. This is a year we will remember for a long, long time. Former England bowler Steven Finn on BBC Test Match Special: "Everything, from start to finish, that Australia did was outstanding. At the end, their players, including England's old foes David Warner and Steve Smith, charged onto the field in celebration.

With the likes of West Indies' Kieron Pollard and India duo Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, you can expect high scores and plenty of big hitting from the Mumbai batting.

Kohli has not had it easy in the IPL, with Royal Challengers Bangalore still in the hunt for their first ever tournament win. Things were bleak and the criticism that this team was full of "hit-out or get-out" types was very much real.

India's total had only just edged past 200 when Rahul departed, with more than eight overs left to bat, and with just a collection of their bowlers left to join Suryakumar at the crease to try and scramble to a match-winning score. Player of the match Travis Head: "Not in a million years did I think that would happen [being man of the match today and in the World Test Championship final]. What an amazing day. I'm just thrilled to be a part of it. The collapse against India was bad, as Steve Smith and Warner scored in the 40s. And against South Africa it was worse as only Labuschagne made it that far. On the pitch: "It was a little slower than I thought. It didn't particularly spin as much as we thought either but I thought everyone adjusted well and bowled some tight lines."

Any team which features England duo Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler will fancy their chances in a T20 competition, but Rajasthan Royals have made tough work of it in recent years.

Off the field, the champions boast a star-studded set-up with former Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene as head coach and India legend Sachin Tendulkar as a batting mentor. He absolutely nailed it. He nailed everything today: field placements, bowling changes. Everything was spot on." On the toss: "We were tossing it up. We've been batting first for most of the tournament but we thought tonight was a good chase night because it felt it might a little bit easier and everyone was pretty keen to get out there." There have been changes on and off the field for Punjab Kings , with a new name and two marquee Australian signings.

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You have to be brave to win a World Cup. You can't wait for it to happen. You have to be brave and take the game on. This was supposed to be India's day in front of an enormous home crowd with their prime minister Narendra Modi, who this stadium is named after, up in the stands. He scored 109 in his first appearance against New Zealand but this innings was on another level as he first dealt with intense pressure before punishing the bowling. Head did not play in the first four games of Australia's campaign because of a broken hand, but Australia kept him in their squad, knowing the match-winning quality he possesses. Australia captain Pat Cummins: "We saved our best for last and a couple of big-match players stood up and we're pretty chuffed.