India defeated South Africa Won the title of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Is. India had won the ICC T20 World Cup title against South Africa in the year 2007 and since then Team India had not been able to win any title. But now under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has won the T20 World Cup title, ending the long wait of 17 years. To win, the Indian team had to defend 16 runs in the last over and Hardik Pandya gave only 8 runs. During this, he made David Miller his victim on the very first ball of the over. However, this wicket should go to Suryakumar Yadav’s account, it would not be wrong to say that because he turned the whole match around by taking a brilliant catch on the boundary line on the first ball of the last over.
Suryakumar Yadav took a brilliant catch
Hardik Pandya had come to bowl the last over of the match and David Miller was on strike. Only David Miller stood between India and the T20 title. Hardik bowled a low full toss on the off stump. Miller played it towards long off. It seemed that the ball would cross the boundary line, but Suryakumar Yadav took a brilliant catch just ahead of the boundary line.
Surya ko namaskar!!! Most important catch in Indian cricket history. What a way to catch that World Cup trophy! An unbelievable catch in the most intense situation possible for a sportsman in any sport. #INDvSA #T20IWorldCup #hardik #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/ufGPi1vOYm
— Dhruv Attri (@dhruvattri208) June 29, 2024
Surya had lost his balance during the catch, but seeing the same, he tossed the ball inside and again came inside himself and completed the catch. This catch proved to be very important for India.
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India became champion
On November 19 last year, when the unfulfilled dream in Ahmedabad was finally fulfilled in West Indies, the eyes of the Indian cricket fans sitting in front of the TV along with Rohit Sharma’s team were filled with tears. There was a wait of 11 years for this ICC title and the hero of the victory was Virat Kohli who along with the victory also said goodbye to T20 cricket.
India won its first T20 World Cup in 2007 and its last ICC title was the 2013 Champions Trophy in South Africa under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Last year, the team had lost to Australia in the ODI World Cup final in India. Recovering from the initial setbacks in the powerplay, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel took India to 176 runs for seven wickets. At one time, India had lost three wickets for just 34 runs in the fifth over. After this, Akshar (47 runs in 31 balls) and Kohli (76 runs in 59 balls) got the team out of trouble. In reply, Heinrich Klaasen (52 runs in 27 balls) had at one time brought South Africa close to victory but India registered victory after reaching the brink of defeat.
Hardik Pandya, who has been the target of cricket fans for the last six months, did not allow South Africa to score 16 runs in the last over. The South African team could score only 169 runs for eight wickets. Virat and Rohit, who are not playing the next T20 World Cup, were confident of victory. Along with this, coach Rahul Dravid also got a grand farewell