India defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final by a great fighting margin of 7 runs and was crowned as the world champions. It was possibly one of the most amazing victories that the team could ever create in the tournament. Besides Suryakumar Yadav’s spectacular catching in crucial moments flipped the game in Indian team favor and made a pressure on South Africa to take on a rather massive target.
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In response to this, the South Africa team jumped to a fast start as both, the openers; Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram went on the attack. However, because of extremely large margins set by the important over from Jasprit Bumrah, wicket taker, the match turned to the side of India. The South Africans thought that they have choked to a disciplined Indian bowling and captivating fielding work while Heidi Klaasen was out of the way for giving his best shot.
Batting Stats of India
Batter | Fours | Sixes | B | R | Strike Rate | Dismissal |
Rohit Sharma(c) | 2 | 0 | 52 | 95 | 180 | c Klaasen b Maharaj |
Virat Kohli | 6 | 2 | 59 | 76 | 128.81 | c Rabada b Marco Jansen |
Rishabh Pant (wk) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | c de Kock b Maharaj |
Suryakumar Yadav | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75 | c Klaasen b Rabada |
Axar Patel | 1 | 4 | 31 | 47 | 151.61 | run out (de Kock) |
Shivam Dube | 3 | 1 | 16 | 27 | 168.75 | c David Miller b Nortje |
Hardik Pandya | 2 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 520 | not out |
Ravindra Jadeja | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100 | c Maharaj b Nortje |
Bowling Stats of South Africa
Bowler | Economy Rate | Runs | Over | Maiden | Wicket | WD | NB |
Marco Jansen | 12.2 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Keshav Maharaj | 7.7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Kagiso Rabada | 9 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Aiden Markram (c) | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anrich Nortje | 6.5 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tabraiz Shamsi | 8.7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting Stats of South Africa
Player | Fours | Sixes | B | R | Strike Rate | Dismissal |
Reeza Hendricks |
0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 80 | b Jasprit Bumrah |
Quinton de Kock (wk) | 4 | 1 | 31 | 39 | 125.81 | c Kuldeep Yadav b Arshdeep Singh |
Aiden Markram (c) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 80 | c Pant b Arshdeep Singh |
Tristan Stubbs | 3 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 147.62 | b Axar Patel |
Heinrich Klaasen | 7 | 2 | 27 | 52 | 192.59 | c Rishabh Pant b Hardik Pandya |
David Miller | 1 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 123.53 | c Suryakumar Yadav b Hardik Pandya |
Marco Jansen | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50 | b Jasprit Bumrah |
Keshav Maharaj | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 28.57 | Not Out |
Kagiso Rabada | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 133.33 | c Suryakumar Yadav b Hardik Pandya |
Anrich Nortje | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100 | Not Out |
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Bowling Stats of India
Bowler | Economy Rate | Runs | Overs | Maidens | Wickets | WD | NB |
Arshdeep Singh | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jasprit Bumrah | 4.5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Axar Patel | 12.2 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kuldeep Yadav | 11.2 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hardik Pandya | 6.7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Ravindra Jadeja | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This victory for the Indian team was amazing and spectacular, as 2024 T20 World Cup triumph is the year when the 11 years wait come to an end. Finally, the World Cup came to India. Moreover, this was possible because of the amazing players of Indian team.
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