India defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. With this, India won the ICC World Cup after 2011. However, this victory was not so easy because at one time the African team needed 30 runs in 30 balls and after that even in the last over the African team was close to winning the match but a catch by Suryakumar Yadav made India win the World Cup.

On the first ball of the last over of the match, David Miller was on strike and the ball was in the hands of Hardik Pandya. He bowled a full toss outside the off stump on the first ball on which Miller tried to hit a six over long off but the connection was not good and Suryakumar Yadav kept his balance on the boundary and took a brilliant catch to dismiss Miller.

If Surya had not been able to maintain his balance there, it would have been a six and Miller would have been on strike. Therefore, it would not be wrong to say that Surya's catch helped India win the World Cup. The video of this catch is going viral at the moment, which you can see below.

Talking about this match, India batted first and scored 176 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli scored the highest 76(59) runs for India. In this innings, he hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Akshar played a brilliant innings of 47(31). In this innings, he hit 1 four and 4 sixes.

South Africa, chasing the target, was able to score only 169 runs by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen scored the most runs from the team. He scored a half-century of 52 runs with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes in 27 balls. He scored a half-century in 23 balls. Quinton de Kock scored 39 runs with the help of 4 fours and a six in 31 balls. Tristan Stubbs scored 31 runs with the help of 3 fours and a six in 21 balls.