IND vs SA ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Final: India has won the T20 World Cup final, mostly due to the disciplined bowling of fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Jaspreet Bumrah. In an amazing encounter, India overcame Africa by 7 runs. In the 2024 T20 World Cup final, Team India defeated South Africa by a score of seven runs. India is currently the reigning T20 cricket champion. After 17 years, the Indian squad has finally won the T20 World Cup.
The Origin of the “Chokers” Tag
At one stage, South Africa scored 147 runs for four wickets in 15 overs while chasing 177 runs. From this point on, it looked like they would win, but the Indian bowlers grabbed the win from the their mouths. Playing together, Rohit and Virat have won the World Cup for the first time. The South African cricket team, known as the “chokers,” has a reputation for choking during high-stakes matches and hasn’t taken home any hardware in the previous 26 years. This all started with South Africa’s 1999 World Cup semi-final match against Australia, where they required just a run in four balls to win despite having lost nine wickets.
The Proteas have not advanced to the championship game in any ICC competition since that historic loss to the Australians. They have also had dismal results in various competitions, like as the 2003 World Cup, which they hosted but lost to eventual champions India in the quarterfinals after failing to advance to the Super Six stage and being eliminated by Sri Lanka, or the 2007 T20 World Cup, which they again hosted but lost to the eventual champions, Sri Lanka.
Semifinal Losses in Champions Trophy
In numerous tournaments, including the Champions Trophy 2006, World Cup 2007, T20 World Cup 2009, and others, they advanced to the semifinals before losing all of them. During World Cup 2015, the Proteas launched their strongest bid to win an ICC trophy. They advanced to the semi-finals once more, where they met the New Zealand hosts. Following the batsmen’s contribution to the excellent score of 281 in the first half of the Kiwi innings, the bowlers also performed admirably by claiming significant wickets.
Both Teams Playing XI
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
