At the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday, India defeated South Africa by seven runs to win their second ICC T20 World Cup.
India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 final to win an ICC trophy after 11 years. After the match, Virat Kohli declared his retirement from T20I cricket. With David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen at the crease and South Africa having to win at run-a-ball thirty to have any chance of winning, India’s hopes of winning the ICC title appeared to be long gone. To turn things around, the Rohit Sharma-led team needed magic, and it delivered one! After Jasprit Bumrah bowled a four-run over, Hardik Pandya removed Klaasen in another four-run over for the Indian team. In the eighteenth over, Burmah eliminated Marco Jansen while giving up just two runs.With a four-run penultimate over, Arshdeep Singh responded. When Suryakumar Yadav made an incredible catch at long-off, Hardik Pandya, who was assigned to deliver the final over, removed Miller from the game with the first ball. Eventually, India won the match by a seven-run margin after they played with great composure. The Indians amassed 176 for 7, the highest total by any team in a men’s T20 World Cup final, earlier in the day thanks to a determined 76 off 59 from Virat Kohli. Axar Patel and Virat Kohli’s pivotal 72-run partnership kept India afloat after they were reduced to 34 for 3 in 4.3 overs.Kohli hammered 76 off 59, while Axar perished for 47 off 31.
