The match was almost slipping out the hands of the Indian cricket team at one point with South Africa needing just 30 runs from 30 balls in their chase, thanks to Heinrich Klaasen’s belligerent 52 off 27 balls. However, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, who shared seven wickets between them, roared back in the death overs to cut down South Africa at 169-8.
There were emotional scenes after India won the title, with captain Rohit Sharma and talisman Virat Kohli announcing their retirement from T20Is. The match also marked the final time coach Rahul Dravid was at the helm of the Indian cricket team.
India won its second T20 World Cup to cap off a sequence of last few years where India lost the World Test Championship final twice and the 50-over World Cup final at home to Australia.
“Guys understand when the pressure is on what needs to be done,” India captain Rohit Sharma said after India’s win. “Today was a perfect example, (we) stuck together with backs to the wall. We wanted this really bad … very proud of the bunch of boys and the management.”
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Scroll down to read all the reactions to India winning the T20 World Cup 2024 by beating South Africa and the tributes pouring in for Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (both of whom have called time on their T20I career) and Rahul Dravid, who has walked away from his role as Team India coach.
