India set South Africa 177 runs to win the 2024 T20 World Cup. India won the toss and elected to bat first in Barbados on Saturday (June 29) and scored 176/7 in 20 overs.

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For India, Virat Kohli top scored with 76 off 59 balls while Axar Patel, who was promoted at number five, played a handy innings of 47 off 31 balls.

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Earlier, India started the innings with a bang, scoring 15 runs in the first over – the most in the first over of any T20 World Cup final. Kohli was specially attacking in the first over, hitting three boundaries off Marco Jansen.

Rohit then started the second over with back-to-back boundaries as well before left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj dismissed him on the fourth ball. Maharaj struck twice in the over, sending back Rishabh Pant for a duck on the last ball of the same over.

Suryakumar Yadav was the next to get out in the fifth over as India finished the powerplay at 45/3. After SKY’s wicket, Kohli and Axar stitched a partnership of 72 runs in 54 balls. The partnership was broken when Axar got run out in the 14th over on the team score of 106.

Shivam Dube then joined Kohli on the crease and the duo added 57 runs off just 32 balls for the fifth wicket and took the team past 150 in 18th over. Kohli also completed his fifty during the partnership with a single off Anrich Nortje in 17th over.

Kohli slowed down after Maharaj’s twin wicket over but started taking the bowlers to cleaners in the last overs. He hit six fours and two sixes in his innings. Dube finished 27 off 16 balls, providing much needed impetus for India in the last overs.

For South Africa, Maharaj was the pick of the bowlers with the figures of 2/23 in three overs. Apart from him Kagiso Rabada also took a wicket.

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