T20 World Cup in Review: Unbeaten India Wins 2nd Crown; Pooran Among Stars

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The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup finished in Barbados on June 29, with India winning the final against South Africa by seven runs.

With this, India became just the third side to win the Men’s T20 World Cup twice after England 2010, 2022, and West Indies 2012, 2016.

Barring a no result against Canada, India won their remaining contests in the tournament, thus becoming the only undefeated side to win the T20 World Cup.

In a tournament that tested the batters, certain exceptional knocks stood out.

West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran had the highest individual score, with his 98 against Afghanistan, which was filled with 14 boundaries including eight sixes.

USA’s Aaron Jones 94 not out versus Canada and India’s Rohit 92 versus Australia were the only other batters to score past the 90-run mark as no batter scored a century in the tournament.

Akeal Hosein from West Indies with his 5 for 11 against Uganda had the second-best figures in the tournament and sixth-best in the all-time list.

Fazalhaq Farooqi’s 5 for 9 against the same opponents were the best figures in the tournament and the fourth-placed in the all-time T20 World Cup.

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