Thursday , December 26 2024

'The world should learn from India how to turn defeat into victory…' Team India became the world champion by defeating South Africa

IND vs SA Final: India won the T20 World Cup for the second time by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. In this match, Virat Kohli played an innings of 76 runs, after which the bowlers bowled strongly in the death overs and stopped South Africa's victory. Although Africa needed 26 runs in the last 4 overs, the Indian bowlers bowled tightly and the team won by 7 runs.

India had given a target of 177 runs
India won the toss and decided to bat first. However, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav could not play big innings in this match. But then a 72-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Akshar Patel brought Team India back into the match. Akshar Patel scored 47 runs in 31 balls and Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in 59 balls. Shivam Dubey also played an innings of 27 runs in 16 balls and took India to 176 runs.

De Kock and Stubbs partnership
South Africa did not get a good start and Reeza Hendricks and captain Aiden Markram were out after scoring four runs. But from here Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs brought South Africa back into the match by sharing 68 runs. Stubbs scored 31 runs in 21 balls and de Kock scored 39 runs in 31 balls.

Heinrich Klaasen's efforts went in vain
When South Africa's score was 70 runs for 3 wickets, Heinrich Klaasen came to the crease to bat. From here Klaasen started batting fast and completed his half-century in just 23 balls. He completed his half-century by hitting 2 fours and 5 sixes. Klaasen scored 52 runs in 27 balls. In the 15th over, Klaasen scored 24 runs in Akshar Patel's over, due to which the match seemed to be turning completely. But in the last 4 overs, India made a comeback on the strength of bowling.