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India has won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. India won the title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in a thrilling match. India has won this title for the second time after 2007. With this, South Africa's dream of winning the World Cup title for the first time remains unfulfilled.
In this match, South Africa gave a tough fight to India but failed to win the match. After this match, celebrations continued till late night in the Indian team camp. At the same time, South African players were seen crying on the field. After the match, the South African captain talked about his defeat.
What did the captain say?
South African captain Aiden Markram said after the match that he is very disappointed. Our team has performed really well. I am very proud of my team players. My team's bowlers bowled brilliantly. We restricted India to a good target. We were confident that we could achieve this target. The pitch was good, we also batted well. We reached an important stage and played great cricket. We know that the game is not over until the last ball is bowled.
We could not be comfortable while batting, we came under pressure. The match changed very quickly. We remained in the match till the end. This proves that we deserved to be finalists. We could have won this match. It is our misfortune that we could not do so. Despite losing the match, we are proud of our team. We are hopeful that this will make our future better. It is said about South Africa all over the world that it does not give up till the end. We will learn from here and improve ourselves. Right now, we are proud of how far we have come.
South Africa's performance in the World Cup
South Africa performed brilliantly in this World Cup. The team won all its matches in the group stage and Super-8. After this, the team made it to the finals by defeating Afghanistan in the semi-finals. South Africa had to face defeat against India in the final match.
south africa world cup match results
- beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
- beat Netherlands by 4 wickets
- beat Bangladesh by 4 runs
- Won by 1 run against Nepal
- beat USA by 18 runs
- beat England by 7 runs
- beat West Indies by 3 wickets
- beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets
- India lost by 7 runs