India beat South Africa to win ICC T20 Men’s World Cup 2024
India beat South Africa by seven runs in the final match of ICC T20 Men's World Cup 2024.
India beat South Africa by seven runs in the final match of ICC T20 Men's World Cup 2024.
IND vs SA, World Cup 2023: It was a packed-house in Kolkata as India posted a big 326-run total on board, thanks to Virat Kohli's record equaling 49th ton and Shreyas Iyer's 77 off 87 balls.
It was a special innings from Kohli as it also came on the occasion of his 35th birthday. Kohli scored 101 off 121 balls and he took 277 innings to reach the milestone.
While both teams still have one round left to play, the face-off between India and the Proteas is already gearing momentum as India with their all-round package and South Africa.
India are currently sixth in the Super League standings. Only Zimbabwe (12th) and Netherlands (13th) are below South Africa in the standings.
While bad light did force the players to go off the field after the Indians asked for an extra 30 minutes at the fall of the eighth wicket, the South Africans are only delaying the inevitable.
During the Tea break, Elgar retired hurt and was taken to a hospital for a concussion test, and was replaced by de Bruyn later.
Resuming at 9/2, the Proteas had the worst possible start as they lost skipper Faf du Plessis to a peach of a delivery by Umesh Yadav.
The flamboyant batsman struck his maiden double century in Test cricket to help India declare on 497/9 on Day 2 of the third Test against South Africa in Ranchi on Sunday.
India's new Test opener Rohit Sharma became the fourth batsman to register a double century in one-day international (ODI) as well as in Test cricket.
