New Delhi.India has created history by winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Team India won the trophy for the second time after defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the final. Hardik Pandya played an important role in this victory. Who defended 16 runs very well in the last over. Pandya took 2 wickets and conceded only 8 runs in the last over. India wrested victory from the jaws of South Africa in a thrilling final. Team India had earlier won the T20 World Cup in 2007.
At one time, the Indian team was in trouble at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. South Africa needed 16 runs from the last over to win. At the crease was the dangerous David Miller who had the ability to single-handedly turn a match around. But Hardik trapped Miller on the first ball of the last over. A brilliant catch by Miller off Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav catching him close to the boundary almost ensured India’s win.
Rabada hit a four on the second ball of this over to raise the pulse of the Indian team. A run by a bye on the third ball while Maharaj scored a run by a bye on the fourth ball. The next ball was a wide while Pandya sent Rabada to the pavilion on the fifth ball. Norkia took a run off the sixth and last ball and India ended their 11-year ICC trophy drought.
First published: June 30, 2024, 24:03 IST