The final match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and South Africa. By winning this exciting match, Team India has also ended the 11-year drought of ICC trophy. Team India has won the ICC trophy for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Team India won the final match by 7 runs. At one time it seemed that the match was in the hands of South Africa but there were three such turns in the match which made Team India the champion.
16th and 18th over of Bumrah
In this match, during South Africa's batting, the match was in South Africa's favor till the 15th over. The 15th over was bowled by Akshar Patel which was very expensive, South Africa made a comeback in this over. After this, captain Rohit expressed confidence in his most dangerous bowler Bumrah and gave him the 18th over. In the 18th over, Jasprit Bumrah also took a wicket by giving only 2 runs. After this over of Bumrah, the South African team came under a lot of pressure.
Hardik's 17th over
Giving the 17th over to Hardik Pandya proved to be a big turning point in this match. In the 17th over, Hardik Pandya took the wicket of dangerous South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen and made a great comeback for Team India. Klaasen was playing a very stormy innings in this match. In this over, Hardik took an important wicket by giving only 4 runs.
Caught by Surya Kumar Yadav
The biggest turning point of the match was the catch of David Miller, which was caught by Suryakumar Yadav on the boundary line. South Africa needed 16 runs in the last over to win this match and South Africa's dangerous batsman David Miller was present at the crease.
Hardik Pandya also came to bowl the last over. Miller tried to play a big shot on the very first ball of Hardik, at one time it seemed that he would hit a six but Suryakumar Yadav surprised everyone by taking a brilliant catch on the boundary. Here Team India almost won the match.