T20 World Cup Game 55 Final South Africa v India June 30 2400hrs @ Kensington Oval Barbados

[mugiwara]

Saw Dravid's emotions for the first time when holding the cup

 

[akkaps]

Time to unfollow all cricket social media pages for the next month. India fans are going to be insufferable

No we’re not.



Hahah jks

 

[Around the Wicket]

22 to off 18 required in comes Bumrah, easily the best fast bowler in the world, Aussie quicks have nothing in him.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Nice catch in the last over but I reckon if you are jumping from outside the field of play you should need to ground the feet again before touching it, that is a stupid rule you can do that.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Hardiks last over was rubbish if that first ball went for 6 it would have been interesting

 

[Around the Wicket]

India were the best side, they beat Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and England.

South Africa had an all time soft draw.

 

[Gough]

I'll take putting the mockers on the coronation that was meant to be the ODI World Cup last year over winning this one. That whole tournament was planned around Narendra Modi giving the cup to Rohit in front of 120k in a stadium built just for that purpose in the middle of an election campaign and we turned it into a wake. I'd like to think the cricket team had a tiny bit to do with Modi's subsequent disappointing election results as well.

 

[Cmarsh]

Wow. An amazing match as an Indian fan. Really happy for Dravid to finally win the World Cup in his last stint. Can easily see how the 23 WC loss affected the players, with their emotions running high.

And did Virat just announced his retirement from T20I ?

India lost two world finals in 2023. Test and ODI.

 

[Cmarsh]

Get used to it, India are our new cricket overlords.

They will be winning every World Cup quite soon.

Yeah but thats a prediction that has been made for a long time now. There will always be swings and roundabouts.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Holy shit Bumrah 15 wickets economy rate of 4.17 for the tournament that is legit crazy

 

[Xtreme]

Time to unfollow all cricket social media pages for the next month. India fans are going to be insufferable

India confirm their status as the current greatest team of all of cricket. It is a truly joyous day of celnbration.

Virat the current GOAT of cricket as well.

 

[Westend]

yeah well done india

 

[big_e]

This is where, teams should have the option of using the 'retirement rules' as suggested by Mark Waugh. Its not as dumb as it sounds.

One of the Namibians retired out vs England so they could get Wiese in.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Finally they won something!

 

[akkaps]

India were the best side, they beat Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and England.

South Africa had an all time soft draw.

South Africa were drawn on the “group of death” (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Netherlands). And there were so many close games. They should have lost to Nepal and I think people were expecting them to lose to the Netherlands. Then they had the tougher Super 8 Group with three of the 4 being genuine contenders for semis on paper

 

[Around the Wicket]

South Africa were drawn on the “group of death” (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Netherlands). And there were so many close games. They should have lost to Nepal and I think people were expecting them to lose to the Netherlands. Then they had the tougher Super 8 Group with three of the 4 being genuine contenders for semis on paper

C'mon now... Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are rebuilding and Netherlands and Nepal were never a threat

 

[akkaps]

C'mon now... Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are rebuilding and Netherlands and Nepal were never a threat

Did you not watch the games?

 

[Around the Wicket]

Did you not watch the games?

Pitches played a part in the close nature of the games but in no way can you call that a group of death, only side without another strong contender along side them.

 

[JackOutback]

You can’t have a group of death when all the opponents are ranked eighth and lower.

 

[010203]

Meh, we won the meaningful World Cup last year. With all the benefits India had, they did what was expected of them. The next T20 'World Cup' is about 20 months away in India.

The thing South Africa had in their favour before the final was they didn't have any baggage in finals of ICC events. Well, now they do. They needed a run a ball off the last 5 overs and ****ed it up. It's nothing to do South Africa as a sporting country - they've played in 4 Rugby World Cup finals and won them all. It's a purely a problem with South African cricket.

 

[freo_leo29]

Completely forgot this was on until seeing the Indian celebrations from around the world post of Reddit


I haven't missed a final of an ICC tournament in like over 5 years, I blame T20 being the clear worst format


anyway back to the original point, wowee those are massive celebrations, imagine when they win one of the better formats

 

[glenashley]

Not sure how legit this is?

If so, a 6 by a long way.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Not sure how legit this is?

If so, a 6 by a long way.View attachment 2035364

OH NO!!!!! you can see the mark on the ground!!!!! thats a 6.

 

[Around the Wicket]

You need to remember the rest of the over was trash so 10 off 5 with Miller there is likely

 

[glenashley]

Another angle