India won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 with a 7-run win over South Africa in the final.
After opting to bat first, India scored 176/7.
Virat Kohli was India's top scorer with a 59-ball 76, while Axar Patel scored a 31-ball 47.
Keshav Maharaj and Anrich Nortje picked up 2 wickets apiece for South Africa.
In the run chase, South Africa scored 169/8.
Hardik Pandya picked up 3 wickets, while Arshdeep Singh & Jasprit Bumrah got 2 wickets apiece.
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India vs South Africa Live Score: We Are the Champions, My Friend!
𝟏𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝!
With a stunning all-round display, India have clinched victory from the clutches of defeat to win the T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa by 7 runs.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐢𝐧𝐱 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧!
India vs South Africa Live Score: Last Over
It all boils down to this over. Here. We. Go.
Ball 1 – WICKET! What a catch by Suryakumar Yadav. Get this man a Khel Ratna. Give him a Parliament seat. Get him a statue outside the BCCI office. A fulltoss, it had 6 runs written all over it, but SKY has taken a flyer.
Ball 2 – Boundary. Off the edge.
Ball 3 – 1 run. Byes.
Ball 4 – 1 run. Leg byes. Start celebrating!
Ball 5 – Wide. Okay, hold the celebrations for now!
Ball 5 – WICKET! Kagiso Rabada is caught at long-off. SKY is at it again, but this is a much simpler catch.
Ball 6 – 1 run.
India have won the World Cup.
India vs South Africa Live Score: Penultimate Over
First ball – Dot
Second ball – Dot
Third ball – 1 run. David Miller is back on strike.
Fourth ball – 2 runs. 17 off 8 is the equation now.
Fifth ball – 1 run. Excellent yorker.
Sixth ball – Dot.
16 runs. One over.
India vs South Africa Live Score: Bumrah Cleans Up Jansen
BOWLED!
Adios, Marco Jansen! What an extraordinary delivery from Jasprit Bumrah, who threads the ball between Jansen's bat and pad as if he is passing the thread through the needle's eye. Just two runs from this over.
South Africa: 157/6 after 18 overs.