[5] In the final, Australia defeated India to win a record-extending sixth World Cup title.

This match is widely considered to be one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history, with the much heavily favored India going undefeated through the entire tournament up until this point.

Originally, the competition was to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023 but due to getting longer qualification time it was moved to October to November.

[7][8] In July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to October and November as a result of the qualification schedule being disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[23] India made a quick start to their innings, with captain Rohit Sharma hitting 47 from 31 balls despite losing opening partner Shubman Gill early on.

[24] Following a flurry of runs in the opening overs, Australia innings' almost fell apart, with Mohammed Shami removing Warner and Jasprit Bumrah getting Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith.

[24] While India was looking for more wickets, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne then built a partnership, which put on 192 runs in 35.5 overs.

[27] The ICC also named the following panel of elite commentators for the final: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Mark Howard, Nasser Hussain, Dinesh Karthik, Sanjay Manjrekar, Eoin Morgan, Kass Naidoo, Ricky Ponting, Ravi Shastri, Ian Smith and Shane Watson.

Disney+ Hotstar recorded a viewership of 59 million concurrent viewers, the most for any live sporting event on an OTT platform.

[31][32] In the aftermath of the match, many supporters of the Indian team took to social media to troll and harass Australian players and their families.