Barbados: After 2011, eyes were yearning for Kohli or Rohit to lift the World Cup trophy. The long wait of 13 years is over. Rohit’s team snatched the T20 World Cup from South Africa. Won such a final, which everyone had considered lost.
Rohit, who was batting fiercely throughout the World Cup, did not perform in the final, but Kohli was adamant. Scored 76 runs. Akshar and Shivam also put in their best efforts. Gave a target of 177 runs.
South Africa came out to bat. Till 14 overs, their batsmen were moving rapidly towards victory. After this, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya returned to bowl and India came back in the match. Suryakumar Yadav could not score runs, but turned the match around with a catch.
India kept fighting till the last over and snatched the victory. South Africa, chasing 177 runs, was stopped at 169. Defeated by 7 runs. South Africa, which has been called chokers for 32 years, returned with a stain this time too.
Before the final, Virat had scored a total of 75 runs in 7 matches. He scored 76 runs in the final itself. At a time when India had lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar in the powerplay itself. Virat scored the most runs in the score of 176.