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India defeated South Africa in the final of T20 World Cup 2024. Kohli and Akshar’s partnership, Bumrah and Hardik’s bowling won.
Delhi: India registered a historic victory by defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 played in Brijtown. South Africa’s upper hand was heavy in most of the match. When 30 runs were needed from 30 balls and Klassen and David Miller were present at the crease, it seemed that the trophy was going to go to Africa. But the brilliant bowling of Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya changed the attitude of the match.
Kohli and Akshar’s partnership became the backbone of the team
Batting first, India lost three wickets early. In such a situation, Virat Kohli and Akshar Patel handled the innings. Kohli played an important innings of 76 runs, although his strike rate was a little concern. He did not appear in the rhythm for a long time, but he kept scoring runs while staying on the wicket.
At the same time, Akshar Patel played a fast -paced innings of 47 runs. When the team was under pressure, this innings proved to be inspiring everyone. After this, Shivam Dubey also played a fast innings of 27 runs off 16 balls and India scored a challenging score of 176 runs.
There was tension in the dressing room
A year after the match, captain Rohit Sharma told in an interview that there was a lot of tension in the dressing room after the opening wicket fell. He said, “I was nervous myself. But Kohli and Akshar’s partnership gave us hope. As Kohli carried forward the innings, it was amazing. And Akshar’s innings proved to be a game changer.”
Rohit said that many people are not giving so much importance to that innings of Akshar, but at that time those 47 runs were very important. After this, Shivam, Hardik and Akshar contributed significantly.
Bowlers celebrated victory
African batsmen made a strong start in the second innings. But the bowlers of India did wonders in the end. The way Bumrah, Pandya and the rest of the bowlers returned were no less than a miracle.
The biggest moment win the World Cup
Recalling this victory, Rohit said, “This was the most beautiful moment of my career. Raising the trophy meant a lot for us. We had faced disappointment many times before, so this victory was special. We worked hard every day, planned and had only one goal – the only goal – the World Cup. So when the victory was won. So every player’s feelings came out.”
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