Marnus Labuschagne World Cup Bat Retire: Australian cricketer Marnus Labuschagne has announced to retire his bat used against India in the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 final. Labuschagne played an important role in this historic final played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He shared pictures of this bat on his social media accounts and informed about its poor condition.
shared photos of broken bat
On August 12 at 9:22 am, Marnus Labuschagne shared two pictures on his social media platform X. Which was of the bat used in the ODI World Cup 2023 final against India. Sharing this post, he wrote, “I think now is the right time to retire this World Cup Final bat.” In the pictures, the middle part of the bat looks very bad, which indicates that the bat is no longer suitable for the game.
Think it’s finally time to retire the World Cup final bat 🥲 pic.twitter.com/X7123Vt8vT
— Marnus Labuschagne (@marnus3cricket) August 12, 2024
Labuschagne’s innings in the World Cup final
Australia were in a very bad position in the final of the World Cup 2023 and while chasing the target of 241 runs, Marnus Labuschagne stabilized the match, giving Travis Head a chance to score runs. Head played a brilliant innings by scoring 137 runs off 120 balls, while Marnus Labuschagne took the match to the end by scoring 58 runs off 110 balls. A partnership of 192 runs between him and Head ensured Australia’s victory.
Indian fans reaction
Indian fans have given mixed reactions to this post of Marnus Labuschagne. Some fans have even cursed Labuschagne as to why he played this brilliant innings against India. At the same time, some fans also praised his emotional post. One user joked, “We hate that bat and innings Marnus. We don’t care if you play well against England, but why against India?”
We hate that bat and that innings Manus we don’t mind you playing good against Eng but why India why against India
— Videet (@VideetB) August 12, 2024
We used to think that only people like us who play in school, club etc. keep such bats.
Attachment is something like this, the favorite bat is not easily left
He is such a big player https://t.co/jP0F9uHX70— . (@realkaushal_rj) August 12, 2024
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