India won the T20 World Cup 2024 after beating South Africa by seven runs in one of the most thrilling finals on Saturday, ending their 11-year-long International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy drought under the leadership of Rohit Sharma.
That was India’s first ICC trophy since winning the Champions Trophy in 2013 when they beat England in the final.
India, the winners of the T20 World Cup, earned a sum of $2.45 million from the ICC.
On the other hand, South Africa, who played their first-ever final and ended up as the runner-up, received a total of $1.28 million.
Meanwhile, the losing sides in the semi-finals, Afghanistan and England, took home $787,500 each.
Meanwhile, Pakistan, despite not making it past the group stages, earned$247,500 for finishing third in the group stage.
India joined England and the West Indies to win theT20 World Cup title two times as they won their first in 2007 by beating Pakistan in the final.
The defeat was almost a certainty for India but Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya turned the tide for Rohit Sharma’s side in the 16th and 17th over.
Chasing the target, the Proteas had a difficult start as they lost two wickets, Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram, but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs’ 68-run partnership put South Africa back in the driving seat.
South Africa had everything in their hands as Heinrich Klaasen took Axar Patel to the cleaners and smashed him for 22 runs in the 15th over.
The Proteas concluded their innings at 169-8 in the allocated overs. For India, Pandya bagged three, Arshdeep and Bumrah picked two and Patel got one wicket to his name.
Earlier in the first innings,Virat Kohli top-scored for the Indian team as he scored 76 runs on 59 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes.