Mitchell Marsh disrespected World Cup trophy in 2023: Australia cricket team has pulled out of the fourth ICC event since the year 2023.

New Delhi: There was a time when Australia was called the super boss of cricket. Especially in ICC events, she was so dangerous that anyone would hesitate to compete with her, but she has had a disappointing farewell in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Australia, included in Group B, was shown the way out of the tournament by being defeated first by Zimbabwe and then by Sri Lanka. Australia last became champion in the 2023 ODI World Cup, but since then the team has not been able to win the title in any ICC event. Perhaps the Australian team has been cursed to be out of the ICC event.

This curse has been imposed due to the insult of the World Cup trophy. A photo of Australian cricketer Mitchell Marsh defeating India in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup went viral on social media. In this photo, Marsh was seen sitting on the sofa with his feet on the World Cup trophy, holding a beer bottle in his hand. At that time, there was a lot of uproar over this picture of Marsh on social media and it was said that the Australian player had insulted the World Cup trophy.

Australia out of four ICC events after 2023

Since the incident involving Mitchell Marsh in the year 2023, Australia has not been able to win the title in a single ICC event. Not only this, Australia has been out of a total of four ICC tournaments since then, out of which it has lost one in the final.

The Australian team was the first to be out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 after the year 2023. Although she showed strong performance in the tournament, she could not reach the finals. After this, Australia had to be out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This year, Australia reached the final of the World Test Championship, but was defeated by South Africa and now it is out of the T20 World Cup 2026.