India defeat SA by 7 runs to win T20 WC title for 2nd time, end 11 years ICC trophy drought


 

India vs South Africa,

Virat Kohli and  Axar Patel's partnership dug the men in Blue from out of a hole after India lost 3 wickets inside powerplay against South Africa in the summit clash at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.

T20 World Cup Final: SA playing XI
 
Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubs, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

T20 World Cup Final IND playing XI

Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

T20 World Cup Final: Virat Kohli player of the match

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 next generation to take the T20 game forward. It's been long for us, waiting to win an ICC tournament. You look at someone like Rohit, he's played 9 T20 World Cup 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.    

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