The season of England's T20 league The Hundred 2024 is over. In the final, Oval Invincibles defeated Southern Brave to win the title for the second consecutive time. Oval had also won this title in 2023. In the final held on Sunday, August 18, Oval's team defeated Southern Brave by 17 runs. Oval scored 147 runs while batting first, in response to which Southern Brave could only score 130 runs. Virat Kohli's teammate in IPL played an important role in this victory. This player, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL, made a blast with both ball and bat in the final of The Hundred.

At the same time, the brilliance of a player from Preity Zinta's team Punjab Kings was also seen.

Strong performance in the finals

In the final match of The Hundred, Southern Brave captain James Vince won the toss and invited the Oval team to bat. After this, David Malan and Will Jacks, who performed brilliantly for RCB in IPL 2024, came to open. Malan got out cheaply after scoring 7 runs in 11 balls, but Virat's 'soldier' ​​showed his strength with the bat. Jacks scored 37 runs in 22 balls at a strike rate of 168. Apart from him, Sam Curran, who has captained Preity Zinta's team, also batted brilliantly.

He played an innings of 25 runs in 20 balls. After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, due to which the Oval team got into trouble. However, in the end, Tom Curran scored 24 runs in 11 balls and took the team's score to 147.

The Southern Brave team, which came out to chase it, had a good start. They made a partnership of 58 runs for the first wicket, but after that they started losing wickets. After a great opening, the Southern Brave team lost 6 wickets in just 42 runs. On the Oval side, Saqib Mahmood gave only 17 runs in 20 balls and wreaked havoc by taking 3 wickets.

At the same time, Jacques, who did wonders with the bat, also did a great job with the ball. He bowled 10 balls, taking 1 wicket for 17 runs. Adam Zampa also made an important contribution by taking 2 wickets. This broke the back of their batting and the team could not chase the target of 148.

These are the heroes of victory

Two players played a vital role in Oval Invincibles' title win. Sam Curran performed brilliantly with the ball and bat throughout the tournament. For this, he was chosen as the most valuable player of the tournament. He scored 201 runs in the entire tournament and also took 17 wickets.

Saqib Mahmood, who broke the back of Southern Brave by taking 3 wickets in the final match, was chosen as the Player of the Match.

Saqib Mahmood, who broke the back of Southern Brave by taking 3 wickets in the final match, was chosen as the Player of the Match.