WTC 2023 Final: WATCH- Virat Kohli urges the crowd at Oval to cheer for India, show enthusiasm as team battles

India made 296 in their first innings conceding a lead of 173 runs to Australia.

Virat Kohli, former India captain, was seen egging the crowd at the Oval to cheer for the team as they battled to survive on day 3 in the ongoing ICC WTC 2023 final against Australia.

Australia had posted 469 runs with Travis Head making 163 and Steve Smith scoring 121 runs as Mohammed Siraj picked 4/108.

In response, India managed 296 runs with Ajinkya Rahane scoring 89 and Shardul Thakur slamming 51 runs and adding 109 runs for the 7^th wicket. Pat Cummins took 3 wickets, while Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green two scalps each.

Australia started their second innings with a lead of 173 and lost David Warner and Usman Khawaja early.

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Given that India was staring at a huge target to chase in the fourth innings, the Indian crowd at the Oval got silent, but as it is, Virat Kohli, who was stationed in slips, was caught by cameras, urging the crowd to wake up and clap and cheer for the team and the players.

Kohli signaled the crowd to clap and make noise and the fans responded well with a huge roar and claps.

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