India National Cricket Team vs South Africa National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
Introduction
India national cricket team vs South Africa national cricket team match scorecard: The 9th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup started on 1 June 2024. Two teams reached to the final of the World Cup which are India and South Africa. Well, India won the T20 World Cup against South Africa in the final by 7 runs. Talking about the toss then India had won it and chose to bat first. Both India and South Africa are the unbeaten teams throughout the tournament. It was India’s first T20 World Cup final appearance since 2014. This match was held on 29 June 2024 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados where India won the match by 7 runs in the ICC T20 World Cup final match of 2024.
The match was engaging and thrilling till the end, heartbeats of the fans went up and down at every moment of the match. India has secured its place in the final by defeating England by 68 runs in the semi-finals. 2007 was the year when India won the T20 World Cup for the first time. On the other hand, South Africa has gotten to the final of the T20 World Cup for the first time, after capping off Afghanistan by 9 wickets.
Overview of India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2024 Final Match
The T20 World Cup was started on Saturday 1 June 2024. India and South Africa finished it in the final match of the tournament.
Match- T20 World Cup 2024 final
Date- 29 June 2023
Teams- India and South Africa
Match start time- 8:00 PM IST, 10:30 AM IST
Location- Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss- Won By India
Total score- 176/7
Player of the match- Virat Kohli (India)
Player of the series- Jasprit Bumrah
Umpires- Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth
TV Empire- Richard Kettleborough
IND vs SA, T20 World Cup Final: Full Squads
India Squad
Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli
Rishabh Pant(w)
Suryakumar Yadav
Shivam Dube
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Arshdeep Singh
Jasprit Bumrah
Yuzvendra Chahal
Sanju Samson
Mohammed Siraj
Yashasvi Jaiswal
South Africa Squad
Aiden Markram (c)
Ottniel Baartman
Gerald Coetzee
Quinton de Kock
Bjorn Fortuin
Reeza Hendricks
Marco Jansen
Heinrich Klaasen
Keshav Maharaj
David Miller
Anrich Nortje
Kagiso Rabada
Ryan Rickelton
Tabraiz Shamsi
Tristan Stubbs
Match details about the final match: India vs South Africa T20 World Cup
The match was filled with ups and downs. India had won the toss and elected to bat first. When the Indian openers came to the ground for batting, India lost wickets in the early overs. In the powerplay, India scored 45 runs for 3 wickets. However, Virat Kohli came out of the shades to rescue India, he was India’s limited-overs batting hero. Virat was standing as a pillar against the dangerous bowling of South Africa. South Africa seemed to be dangerous when they sent back the Indian captain to the pavilion along with Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav before five overs.
After falling the wickets down instantly of Indian batters, Kohli kept the scoreboard engaging with singles and doubles. Axar Patel supported Virat Kohli on the end after being promoted in the batting order in order to introduce a left-hand right-hand batting combination. Axar hit four sixes and one four in 31 balls and scored 47 runs. His innings had taken the run rate back on track for India. Kohli scored 50 in 48 balls but after he scored 76 runs in 59 balls which helped India to reach in a formidable total for the final match. Shivam Dube also washed his hands in the river, a quick innings where he scored 27 in just 16 balls.
On the other hand, South Africa’s score was 42 runs for 2 wickets at the end of the powerplay. For South Africa, Q de Kock and H Klaasen scored for their team where both of them scored 39 and 52 runs respectively for their team. There was a time when SA needed 30 runs in 30 balls. But the Indian Bowlers have done their best and led India to win the match. The Indian team won the match by 7 runs.
Fall of wickets of India
32-1 Rohit Sharma (1.4 over)
23-2 Rishabh pant (1.6 over)
34-3 Suryakumar Yadav (4.3 Over)
106-4 Axar Patel (13.3 Over)
163-5 Virat Kohli (18.5 Over)
174-6 Shivam Dube (19.4 Over)
176-6 Ravindra Jadeja (19.6 Over)
Fall of Wickets of South Africa
7-1 Reeza Hendricks (1.3 Over)
12-2 Aiden Markram (2.3 Over)
70-3 Tristan Stubbs (8.5 Over)
106-4 Quinton de Kock (12.3 Over)
151-5 Heinrich Klaasen (16.1 Over)
156-6 Marco Jansen (17.4 Over)
161- 7 David Miller (19.1 Over)
168-8 Kagiso Rabada (19.5 Over)
Bowling stats of the Indian Team
Arshdeep Singh- 20 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 2 (Wickets) 5.00 (Economy)
Jasprit Bumrah- 18 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 2 (Wickets) 4.50 (Economy)
Axar Patel- 49 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 1 (Wickets) 12.25 (Economy)
Kuldeep Yadav- 45 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 0(Wickets) 11.25 (Economy)
Hardik Pandya- 20 (Runs) 3 (Overs) 3 (Wickets) 6.66 (Economy)
Ravindra Jadeja- 12 (Runs) 1 (Overs) 0 (Wickets) 12.00 (Economy)
Bowling Stats of the South African team
Marco Jansen- 49 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 1 (Wickets) 12.25 (Economy)
Keshav Maharaj- 23 (Runs) 3 (Overs) 2 (Wickets) 7.66 (Economy)
Kagiso Rabada- 36 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 1 (Wickets) 9.00 (Economy)
Aiden Markram- 16 (Runs) 2 (Overs) 0(Wickets) 8.00 (Economy)
Anrich Nortje- 26 (Runs) 4 (Overs) 2 (Wickets) 6.50 (Economy)
Tabraiz Shamsi- 26 (Runs) 3 (Overs) 0 (Wickets) 8.66 (Economy)
Final words
The T20 World Cup final match played between India and South Africa was engaged from the start to the end of the match. The last few overs are being filled with power-pack fun where fans ‘ beats went up and down. But India won the match by 7 runs due to the tough batting and bowling ends.
