India champions after tense T20 World Cup win over SA
India's Virat Kohli bats as South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock looks on during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup 2024 final. Picture: Randy Brooks, AFP
India beat South Africa by seven runs in a heart-stopping final to win the Twenty20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval on Saturday.
Electing to bat on a dry surface, 2007 champions India overcame a top-order meltdown to post a competitive 176/7.
Virat Kohli (76) struck his first 50 of this World Cup and Axar Patel smashed 47 to power India to a healthy total.
Anrich Nortje and Keshav Maharaj claimed two wickets apiece for South Africa.
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The Proteas suffered a top order collapse of their own but Quinton de Kock (39) and Tristan Stubbs (31) put their chase back on track.
Heinrich Klaasen (52) then counter-attacked in spectacular fashion but India's impeccable death-overs bowling restricted South Africa to 169/8.
Reuters
Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Ed Osmond and Alison Williams