India vs Australia - Cricket World Cup final: Live score, team news and over-by-over updates as Pat Cummins side win the toss and elect to bowl with Australia aiming for sixth World Title against the hosts

That's a big moment for Australia! A hush descends on the Narendra Modi Stadium, with Starc removing Gill.

It's a great ball in from the Australian pace bowler, with Gill sending his shot up in the air towards Adam Zampa at mid-on.

It's a massive wicket for Australia who were starting to get battered by Sharma.

But they face a tough challenge now with Virat Kholi now walking to the crease...

India: 30/1

Fabulous end to the over from Sharma!

He's swiped a massive six down to square leg, before hammering a four right back at Hazelwood.

He's really leading by example this morning.

Speaking on the conditions, Cummins has stated that he believes today's pitch will improve as the day goes on.

'We are going to have a bowl first. It looks like a dry wicket. Dew is certainly a factor. What we know of this pitch is that it just gets better to bat on.

'We had a tough start to the tournament, but we haven't really put a foot wrong ever since. It's all set up perfectly. We've played this team a lot. We are playing the same team as we used in the semi-final.'

A shorter ball comes in from Hazelwood and sharma doesn't quite connect with it properly.

He takes a big swing and it falls short of the boundary at square leg.

Travis Head is in the region and comes in to stop the boundary but can't quite take the catch, with the ball falling just before him.

India 20-0

Starc is back on strike and he forces a huge edge from Shubman Gill.

It falls just in front of the slips and Starc is in disbelief that hasn't been taken.

Australia could have had two wickets so far, will they come to rue their missed opportunities?

India 15-0

Hazelwood can't believe it! A big swing and a miss from Sharma sees the India captain nearly walking from the crease.

The ball just glides over the stumps and that could have been close!

That's two boundaries in two balls - excellent stuff from the India captain.

He's lead by example so far in the tournament and has smashed Hazelwood for consecutive fours.

His first was a beautifully taken drive to deep extra cover, before clipping his second out to deep square leg.

India 13-0

Starc will wrap up his over for three and Josh Hazelwood will take the ball from him.

His first ball is not a good one though. It comes short down towards the off stump and Shama clips it towards the boundary.

Steve Smith is there to just about stop the boundary, but he seems to have injured his wrist in the process.

That will be a big worry for Australia.

He's been brilliant so far in the tournament and he's played a brilliant shot hitting Starc to deep back point.

It doesn't quite make the boundary, but India get off the mark with two runs.

India 2-0

Starc steams in to Sharma, who bats it down the leg side.

The Australian puts up a big appeal, but Cummins waves it away!

We're ready to go here!

Looks like it'll be Mitchell Starc getting us underway with the ball!

News just in and Pat Cummins has reportedly raised concerns about the state of the pitch ahead of the Cricket World Cup final.

The state of the pitch has beeen a big talking point at the World Cup in recent days with Cummins having made a compliant to grounds staff following an inspection.

Among the Australian camp, concerns have been raised that the pitch is 'rock hard' in the middle but rough at both ends.

Ollie Lewis has the full story below...

In their five previous meetings, India have beaten Australia three times, while Australia have won two of those matches.

Their most recent meeting came earlier in October at the tournament, with India besting the Aussies by six wickets.

Here come the anthems!

What a tournament it's been but today's match is set to be a real cricket showcase.

The atmosphere is building inside the Narendra Modi Stadium and we've just had a fly by from the The Suryakiran Acrobatic Team.

We're just ten minutes away from the first ball of the match and Rohit Sharma has said he's liking the look of today's pitch.

He told Sky Sports: 'I would have batted first. It looks like a good pitch, it is a big game, so we need to put runs on the board. It's going to be amazing, everytime we play here, the crowd come out in large numbers.

'This is the biggest occasion in cricketing events. We have to stay nice and calm. It's a dream come true to be captaining the team in the final. I know what lies in front of us. We need to play well and get the winning result.

'You got to make the right decisions on the field. That's something we've done consistently in the last 10 games. We are playing the same team as our previous game.'

India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj

Cummins has opted for an unchanged eleven following on from Australia's semi-final win against South Africa.

Australia XI: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Pat Cummins has decided that his team will bowl first!

They'll look to make a fast start against India's top order at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Today's match will be played on a surface recommended by the ICC, after Mail Sport revealed that the Indian authorities had switched the pitch for Wednesday’s semi-final win over New Zealand at short notice.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Cricket World Cup Final between India and Australia!

It's set to be a huge day of action at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with India looking to claim their third Cricket World Cup title, as Pat Cummins' side look to claim their sixth title.

Stay with us as we'll have all the commentary live updates and news coming from the match as Australia have won the toss and elected to bowl first!