Be it 17 years, 12 years or 11 years… Team India has put an end to every wait that had made many legendary players and crores of Indian fans restless. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final and won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. There were many stars of Team India's victory in this final played in Barbados and one name was the most special among them - Hardik Pandya. In the last over, Hardik led Team India to victory and proved to be the hero of the tournament. After the victory, every player of Team India was emotional and in this flow of emotions, the captain of the team Rohit Sharma did something that will win everyone's heart.

Rohit kisses Hardik

After Team India's victory, the field was filled with waves of the tricolour. Every player had the beautiful flag of the country in their hands and were expressing their emotions. The broadcasters of the tournament were talking to some players. Hardik Pandya was also talking to Star Sports and then suddenly captain Rohit Sharma entered in the middle of his interview and without any hesitation, without caring about anyone, he caught Hardik and expressed his happiness by kissing him hard on his cheek.

As soon as this video surfaced, it became a hit on social media and everyone showered their love on it.

wow brother pic.twitter.com/3i4AwWKSNY

— Venkat Ananth (@venkatananth) June 29, 2024

Hardik turned the match in the final

Hardik fully deserved this love. In the final, first he scored 5 runs in 2 balls and then completely changed the course of the match in the 17th over.

Heinrich Klaasen was playing an explosive innings and South Africa needed only 26 runs in 24 balls. It was here that Hardik brought Team India back by taking the wicket of Klaasen on the first ball of the 17th over and then sealed the victory by taking the wicket of David Miller on the first ball of the 20th over. Hardik took 3 wickets for just 20 runs in 3 overs.

Excellent performance throughout the tournament

Overall, this entire tournament was great for Hardik, where he scored 144 runs at a strike rate of 151, while also taking 11 wickets with strong bowling, in which his average was 17.36.

This was also special for Hardik because just before the World Cup, he was on everyone's target in IPL 2024. After removing Rohit Sharma from the captaincy, Mumbai Indians made him the captain and this did not go down well with Rohit and Mumbai fans. On top of that, the performance of the team and Hardik himself was not good at all, due to which there was sloganeering against him throughout the tournament. Even now there will be sloganeering in Hardik's name but this time it will be in his praise.