Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team defeated Aiden Markram's South Africa in the Final of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, on June 29 (Saturday). This was a historic win for Team India as they created some rarest records in cricket history. They also ended their 11-year-long trophy drought and also became the third team after West Indies and England to win two T20 World Cups.
India create the rarest and most historic record
Team India became the first team in the history of cricket to win two ODI World Cups, two T20 World Cups, and two Champions Trophy. They also became the first team to win the T20 World Cup with an undefeated campaign. These are some of the rarest and most historic records that the Men in Blue have achieved with this astonishing victory.
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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma announce T20I retirement
Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have announced their retirement from the T20I format of the game. This can be called the end of an era. Rohit started his T20I career with the inaugural T20 World Cup and now retired from the format as one of the only two players to feature in all editions of the T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli made this announcement right after receiving the POTM award and Rohit Sharma announced it in the post-match press conference.
“This was my last T20 World Cup, this is exactly what we wanted to achieve. One day you feel like you can't get a run and this happens, God is great. Just the occasion, now or never kind of situation. This was my last T20 game playing for India. We wanted to lift that cup. Wanted to Yes I have, this was an open secret. Not something that I wasn't going to announce even if we had lost. Time for the next generation to take the T20 game forward. It's been a long wait for us, waiting to win an ICC tournament. You look at someone like Rohit, he's played 9 T20 World Cups and this is my sixth. He deserves it. It's been difficult to hold things (emotions) back and I think it's going to sink in later. It's an amazing day and I'm thankful,” said Virat Kohli in the post-match presentation.
Indian batting first posted 176/7 in 20 overs with the help of Kohli's fifty and cameos from Axar Patel and Shivam Dube. Later in the bowling Heinrich Klaasen almost took the game away from India with his quickfire fifty but Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, and Hardik Pandya helped India win their 6th ICC title.
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