The Indian team created history against South Africa on 29 June at the Kensington Oval ground in Barbados by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the final match of the T20 World Cup 2024. With this, Team India also ended the 13-year-long drought of winning the ICC trophy. At one time, chasing the target in this match, the victory of the African team seemed certain, but the players of Team India kept their spirits up and finally managed to win the match. In the final match, the Indian team batted first and scored 176 runs in 20 overs, while the African team managed to reach a score of only 169. There were many ups and downs during this match, but these are the 5 such important moments, due to which the Indian team was able to win the final match of T20 World Cup 2024.
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Here are 5 Moments Due to Which India won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Trophy:
1) An important innings of 76 runs came from Kohli’s bat in the final match
In the T20 World Cup 2024, Virat Kohli’s bat was seen silent till the final match, in which he was able to play an innings of only 75 runs in 7 matches. However, Kohli once again proved himself to be a big match player by playing an important innings of 76 runs in the title match. In this match, at one time Team India lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav in the first 6 overs and then from here Kohli took the responsibility of handling the innings from one end and taking it towards a big score. Kohli played an innings of 76 runs in 59 balls which included 6 fours and 2 sixes.
2) Kohli and Axar partnership removed pressure from Team India
The South African team had put pressure on the Indian team, which had lost 3 wickets at a score of 34. After this, the decision of the team management to send Axar Patel to bat proved to be completely correct. Axar not only shared a 72-run partnership with Virat Kohli in 54 balls but also played an important innings of 47 runs in which he hit 4 sixes and a four.
3) Jasprit Bumrah gave only 6 runs in his last 2 overs
South Africa’s team, while chasing the target in this match, had scored 147 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 15 overs. In such a situation, they needed only 30 runs to win in the last 5 overs. Jasprit Bumrah took over the responsibility of bowling in the 16th over of the innings from the Indian team and gave only 4 runs. After this, Bumrah bowled the 18th over of the innings and got the wicket of Marco Jansen by giving only 2 runs and brought Team India back in the match completely.
4) Hardik showed his magic with the ball, took Klaasen’s wicket at a crucial time
In the final match, when Jasprit Bumrah gave only 4 runs in the 16th over of the innings, then Hardik Pandya took the responsibility of bowling the 17th over. This over was very important for both the teams from the perspective of this match. Hardik took the important wicket of Heinrich Klaasen on the very first ball of the over, who returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 52 runs in 27 balls. After this, Hardik gave only 4 runs in this over, which also increased the pressure on the African team. At the same time, in the last over of this match, when South Africa needed 16 runs to win, Hardik Pandya gave only 8 runs in it. In this match, Hardik bowled 3 overs and took 3 wickets giving only 20 runs.
5) Suryakumar Yadav did not catch but took the T20 World Cup
Suryakumar Yadav, from whom everyone expected a big innings in this final match, but he disappointed everyone there. However, Surya caught such a catch in this match that everyone remembered the moment of the 1983 World Cup final when Kapil Dev caught the catch of Vivian Richards. In the last over of the innings, when South Africa needed 16 runs to win, Hardik Pandya bowled a full-toss outside the off stump on the last ball of the over, which David Miller hit high in the air towards long off, at one point everyone thought that it would be 6 runs, but Suryakumar Yadav, with his brilliant fielding, caught the ball and first tossed it in the air and then after coming out of the boundary, completed the catch, thus ensuring Team India’s victory.