T20WC 2024 – Finals – Match No 55 – Some Salient Statistical highlights
Match No 55 – India Vs South Africa at Providence on 29.06.24 – India won by seven runs
India posted a team total of 176 for 7 in this game to provide the highest team total in an innings in the finals of the World Cup. The previous highest by a team in a World Cup final was Australia’s 173 for 2 against New Zealand at Dubai-DICS on 14.11.2021.
India posted a team total of 176 for 7 in this game to provide the third occasion of a team posting a total of 170 plus runs in an innings in the finals of the World Cup. Apart from India and Australia, New Zealand had posted a total of 172 for 4 against Australia at Dubai-DICS on 14.11.2021..
V Kohli of India scored 76 in this game to provide the 347th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 50th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.
India became the first team to have 50 occasion of its batsman scoring half centuries in the World Cup. It is the only team in the World Cup to perform such a feat.
V Kohli of India scored 76 in this game to provide the 173rd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.
India became the third team to have its opening batsman scoring 20 or more centuries in an innings in the World Cup. Australia {23} and Sri Lanka {20} are the other two teams to have performed such a feat
V Kohli of India scored 76 in this game to provide the 15th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals. It also provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals. The other two occasions are – G Gambhir’s 75 against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 24.09.2007 and V Kohli’s 77 against Sri Lanka at Mirpur on 06.04.2014.
V Kohli of India became the third batsman to score half centuries on two occasions in the World Cup Finals. Other two batsmen are MN Samuel of West Indies and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka. V Kohli became the first Indian batsman to achieve such a feat in the World Cup Final
V Kohli of India scored 76 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals.
V Kohli of India scored 76 in this game to provide the highest individual score by an opening batsman in an innings in the World Cup Finals. The previous highest individual score by an opening batsman in an innings in the World Cup Finals was G Gambhir’s 75 against Pakistan at Johannesburg on 24.09.2007
V Kohli’s 76 in this game represent his 15th half century in an inning in the World Cup. He became the first batsman in the history of the World Cup to score 15 half centuries
V Kohli’s run aggregate in the World Cup read 1005 with his 15 half centuries. He is the only batsman in the history of the World Cup to aggregate 1000 plus runs with his half centuries
V Kohli’s run aggregate in the World Cup read 1292 at the end of this game. He now owns the record for most runs by a batsman in the World Cup. He went past RG Sharma who has an aggregate of 1220 runs.
V Kohli’s run aggregate in the World Cup winning matches read 960 at the end of this game. He owns the record for scoring most runs in World Cup winning matches He went past RG Sharma who has an aggregate of 959 runs in World Cup winning matches
V Kohli and RG Sharma share the record for most half centuries in World Cup winning matches. Both batsmen have scored eleven half centuries
RR Pant of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 509th occasion of a batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup.
RR Pant of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 44th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup.
RR Pant of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 13th occasion of a batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup Finals. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup.
RR Pant of India was dismissed for zero in this game to provide second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup Finals. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman dismissed for zero in an innings in the World Cup Finals
H Klassen of South Africa scored 52 in this game to provide the 348th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 30th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.
H Klassen of South Africa scored 52 in this game to provide the 16th occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals. It also provides the first occasion of a South African batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals
H Klassen’s 52 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 111th occasion of a batsman’s half century in an innings in the World Cup going in vain. It also provides the ninth occasion of a South African batsman’s half century in an innings in the World Cup going in vain.
H Klassen’s 52 in this game was in a losing cause to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman’s half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals going in vain. It also provides the first occasion of a South African batsman’s half century in an innings in the World Cup Finals going in vain.
India won this game by seven runs to provide the 34th occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by single digits margin. It also provides the sixth occasion of India winning a World Cup game by a single digit margin.
India won this game by seven runs to provide the second occasion of a team winning a World Cup Final by single digits margin. It also provides the second occasion of India winning a World Cup Final by a single digit margin.
Apart from this Finals which India won by seven runs, India had won the T20 WC Cup inaugural final at Johannesburg on 24,09.2007 by five runs against Pakistan.
India became the third team to win the World Cup on two occasions. Other teams to win the World Cup on two occasions are England {2010 and 2023} and West Indies {2012 and 2016}
RG Sharma became the first captain to win 50 Twenty20 Internationals. India’s win against South Africa in T20 World Cup Finals at Barbados in 29.06.2024 by seven runs gave RG Sharma his 50th win. His fifty victories include a win in a tied game against Afghanistan at Bangalore on 17.01.2024. This tied game is also unique in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. It is the only tied game to contain two super overs.
V Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match in this game for his match winning knock of 76. It was his 16th Man of the Match Award in Twenty20 Internationals. He owns the record for most Man of the Match Award in Twenty20 Internationals. He went past Suryakumar Yadav who has earned 15 Man of the Match Awards in Twenty20 Internationals.