On this day, Team India had given its name to the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024 (Photo- PTI)
Indian cricket fans will not forget the date of June 29 at all. This date is quite memorable for everyone. This is because Team India won the trophy of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on 29 June 2024 exactly a year ago. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India defeated South Africa in the final. After winning this World Cup, the drought of Team India’s ICC Trophy ended after many years. This historical and memorable victory of Team India has been completed one year.
ICC Trophy won after 11 years
Team India won the first tournament played in 2007 before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Team India won this World Cup under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. After this, under the captaincy of Dhoni, the team won the ICC ODI World Cup 2011. After 2 years, he won the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Trophy. However, after this, Indian fans had to wait for 11 years long. Rohit Sharma did not disappoint any fan and won the trophy.
No match lost, won the finals like this
Team India did not face defeat in a single match of this tournament. He played four matches in Group A, out of which he won three. One match was canceled due to rain. After this, the team won all three matches in Super 8. Not only this, the semi -finals and finals were also named in the team. In the final, Team India, batting first against South Africa, scored 176 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs, in response to which the South Africa team could score 169 runs.
At one time in this match, the South Africa team needed 30 runs in the last five overs and had 6 wickets left. However, the bowlers of Team India made a great comeback and made this match in their name. South Africa needed 16 runs to win the match in the last over and had four wickets left. However, Suryakumar Yadav caught David Miller’s amazing catch on the first ball of this over. This catch of him is going to be remembered by all Indian fans for a long time. After this, Hardik Pandya gave only eight runs in this over and Team India became T20 champion.
Three veterans retired
After winning this tournament, Rohit, Virat and Jadeja retired from T20 format. Fans were very disappointed with his decision because he wanted to see him playing for a long time. Talking about Virat Kohli, he contributed 76 runs in the final of this tournament. Rohit and Jadeja did not play good cricket in the final but they performed a bang in this entire tournament.
India’s some exciting victory in the tournament
In this tournament, Team India also played some exciting matches. One of these matches was also from India and Pakistan. In this match, India had scored 119 runs while batting first, in response to which the Pakistan team was able to score 113 runs in 20 overs. In this match, Rishabh Pant scored 42 runs in batting for Team India, while in bowling, Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs.
The Super-8 played between India and Australia was also very competing. In this match, Team India scored 205 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma played an explosive innings of 92 runs. In this match, Arshdeep Singh left his mark and took three wickets for 37 runs in four overs.
Defeated England in semi -finals
India defeated England in the semi -final match. Batting first, Team India scored 171 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, captain Rohit Sharma scored an innings of 57 runs while Suryakumar Yadav scored 47 runs. Among the bowlers, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets each. The final match was played at Barbados in which Team India also registered a thrilling victory.
