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Rohit Sharma with T20 World Cup Trophy.
June 29, 2024 This date is special for every Indian cricket fans. On the same day, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title by defeating South Africa by 7 runs. With this victory, India won an ICC Trophy after 11 years.
This Captain Rohit Sharma has shared the video on Insta after the completion of one year of victory. He wrote, ‘Today’s day’. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav, who won the team, have also posted memories of the T20 World Cup.
Why was T20 World Cup special for Rohit in 3 points
- This was Rohit’s second T20 World Cup title. The first he won in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
- This was Rohit’s first ICC Trophy as captain. Australia had defeated the team in the 2023 ODI World Cup final.
- Rohit was the second top scorer of the tournament. He scored 257 runs in 8 matches. Which included a 92 -run match winning innings against Australia.
I will never forget this day: Hardik The last over of the T20 World Cup final was thrown by Hardik Pandya. Hardik became emotional after this World Cup win. He wrote while sharing the video on his Insta handle, I will never forget this day. We will never forget.
Team showed a great game: Surya Suryakumar Yadav, who won India by holding the most important catch in the final, has posted a photo with the trophy. He wrote, ‘The memories of 29 June 2024 showed a great game and billions of Indians stood together and made it special.
Rohit-Rarseep India’s best player in tournament Rohit Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and Jaspreet Bumrah were the top players of India in the tournament. Rohit scored 3 half -centuries in 8 innings and 257 runs at a strike rate of 155+. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh became the second top wicket in bowling. An economy of less than 8 took 17 wickets in 8 matches. Jasprit Bumrah took 15 wickets.
India won in the last over In the T20 World Cup final, India won the toss and chose batting but the team lost 3 wickets for 34 runs. But Virat Kohli, who was out of form in the entire tournament, played a brilliant innings of 76 runs on 59 balls. He shared a 72 -run partnership with Akshar Patel (47 runs, 31 balls). India scored 176/7 runs in 20 overs.
D Kock and Triston Stabs from South Africa (SA) shared a 58 -run partnership. In the 15th over, Heinrich Klasson scored 24 runs in Akshar Patel’s over, which strengthened the SA match and the team needed only 30 runs in the last 30 balls.
After this, Hardik Pandya dismissed Klasson for 52 runs. In the final over, South Africa needed 16 runs at 6 balls. David Miller was on strike. He played a big shot on the front but Suryakumar Yadav jumped into the air near the boundary and was reduced to 169/8 runs. India won by 7 runs.
Rohit Sharma waving the tricolor on the grounds of Barbados.