What was the mindset of the Indian team when Klaasen was batting? Akshar explained

Team India faced South Africa in the final of T20 World Cup 2024. Team India won this match by 7 runs. At one time this match seemed to be slipping out of Team India's hands. South Africa needed only 28 runs in the last five overs. After this, Team India made a comeback and won.

Akshar Patel gave 24 runs in 15 overs of this match. After this over of his, it seemed that Team India would lose. Meanwhile, Akshar Patel has made a big revelation about the conversation between him and Rohit Sharma after this over.

Rohit Sharma said this to Akshar

In an interview, Akshar Patel has made a big revelation about that over. He said, 'For the first five seconds, I thought the match was over. I thought my over was over and I was very disappointed. I still felt that we could make a comeback. After this, Rohit Bhai came to me and said that the match is not over yet.

Akshar conceded 24 runs

In the 15th over of South Africa's innings, Klaasen hit a four on the first ball. After this, Akshar bowled two consecutive balls wide. No run was scored on the second ball of the over. Klaasen hit sixes on the third and fourth balls consecutively. He again hit a four on the fifth ball and stole two runs on the last ball. After this over, Akshar Patel became the highest run scorer for India in the T20 World Cup final. He gave 49 runs in four overs and took one wicket.

Akshar did wonders with the bat

Although Akshar Patel could not do much with bowling in the final, he definitely contributed with the bat. He played an important innings of 47 runs in 31 balls. Thanks to his and Virat Kohli's partnership, Team India managed to score a big score.