BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — India pulled off a sensational seven-run win against South Africa in a gripping final of the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. South Africa, playing its first ever final of an ICC tournament, needed a run-a-ball 30 to win on the back of Heinrich Klaasen’s belligerent 52 off 27 balls. But Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, who shared seven wickets between them, roared back in the death overs to cut down South Africa at 169-8. We wanted this really bad … very proud of the bunch of boys and the management.”India won its second T20 World Cup but its first world title in 13 years. Over the last 12 months, India lost the World Test Championship final and, most gruelling, the 50-over World Cup final at home.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2024 19:54 UTC