India created history, this move of Rohit Sharma snatched the World Cup from the jaws of South Africa, India became world champion after 13 years
Team India (IND vs SA) has won the title of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating South Africa on Saturday night. In the clash between the two teams at Kenningston Oval in Barbados, Rohit Sharma and company batted first and scored 176 runs for the loss of seven wickets. In response, the Proteas team scored 169 runs on the scoreboard. With this, India won the IND vs SA match by seven runs and won the title.
IND vs SA: India lost three big wickets in the powerplay
- Team India (IND vs SA), who came to bat first after winning the toss, lost two big wickets in the second over itself.
Keshav Maharaj sent Rohit Sharma back to the pavilion on the fourth ball. He returned after scoring nine runs in five balls.
- On the sixth ball, he dismissed Rishabh Pant for a duck. Then on the third ball of the fifth over, Kagiso Rabada took the wicket of the dangerous batsman Suryakumar Yadav. He managed to score three runs in four balls.
- After these three big wickets fell, the African bowlers started dominating India. In such a situation, Virat Kohli, who was searching for his rhythm in the tournament till now, took charge and changed the course of the match.
Virat Kohli took over the reins
- Together with Akshar Patel, he smashed the bowlers and scored a half-century.
During this, the best partnership and the biggest partnership for India was also formed between the two.
- Virat Kohli and Akshar Patel together scored 72 runs for the fourth wicket. But in the 13.3 over, Akshar Patel was run out by Quinton de Kock while trying to take a single. He scored 47 runs in 31 balls.
- However, after this Virat Kohli along with Shivam Dubey continued the process of taking the team's score forward.
Both of them scored 57 runs together.
IND vs SA: These two batsmen supported Virat Kohli
- But in the 18.5th over, Marco Jansen gave his team a sigh of relief by taking the wicket of Virat Kohli. He scored 76 runs in 59 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Shivam Dubey scored 27 runs in 16 balls.
- Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten on five runs in two balls, while Ravindra Jadeja was out after scoring two runs in two balls. With this performance, Team India was able to score 176 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.
- For South Africa (IND vs SA), Keshav Maharaj and Anrich Norkhia took two wickets each.
Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada took one wicket each.
Africa scored 169 runs
- South Africa's start to batting in the reply innings was also not very good. The team lost the wicket of its opener Reeza Hendricks at the score of seven runs. Jasprit Bumrah clean bowled him at the personal score of four runs.
- Captain Aiden Markram, who came to bat at number three, also failed and he managed to score only four runs. However, Tristan Stubbs, who came to bat after this, started giving a lesson to the Indian bowlers.
- After he came to the crease, India looked desperate for wickets.
He along with Quinton de Kock scored quickly and added 58 runs for the third wicket.
IND vs SA: Heinrich Klaasen taught a lesson to Indian bowlers
- But in the 8.5th over, Axar Patel gave India a big breakthrough by dismissing Tristan Stubbs. After this, Arshdeep Singh got Quinton de Kock out at the hands of Kuldeep Yadav.
- However, Heinrich Klaasen, who came in to bat at number five, wreaked havoc with the bat and thrashed the Indian bowlers.
- By raining sixes and fours, he put pressure on Team India and took the team's score beyond 150. He scored 52 runs in 27 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes.
Hardik Pandya gave a big success to India
- In such a situation, Rohit Sharma sent Hardik Pandya to bowl and he lived up to the captain's expectations and took the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen.
- After the dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen, Devil Miller kept Africa in the match and played a fighting innings of 21 runs, with the help of which the team was able to put 169 runs on the scoreboard.
- Akshar Patel proved to be the most expensive for Team India (IND vs SA). He took one wicket while conceding 49 runs in four overs. Not only this, he conceded 24 runs in the 15th over of Africa's innings.
IND vs SA: Thrill of the last over
- By the 19th over, victory seemed to be in favor of South Africa (IND vs SA). In such a situation, Rohit Sharma once again handed the ball to Hardik Pandya in the 20th over. He sent David Miller to the pavilion on the first ball.
- Suryakumar Yadav took an incredible catch near the boundary and brought India back into the match. Kagiso Rabada hit a four on the next ball. The African team scored one run on the third and fourth balls. The fifth ball was wide.
- After this, when the ball was bowled again, Hardik Pandya took the wicket of Kagiso Rabada. On the last ball, he sent Anrich Nortje back to the pavilion and wrote the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy in the name of India (IND vs SA).
Rohit Sharma's intelligence made India the champion
- Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, managed to become champion after 13 years. India last won the T20 World Cup title in the year 2007.
- Rohit Sharma's wisdom: Rohit Sharma brought in Hardik Pandya in the 16th over and he dismissed Heinrich Klaasen. At this point South Africa needed 30 runs from 30. But Klaasen's wicket completely turned the tide of the match in India's favour.
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