The final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and South Africa in Barbados on 29 June. While Team India won the match by 7 runs, ending their long-running drought of not winning the ICC Trophy, South Africa, which reached a World Cup final after 32 years, have had to wait longer.

Let us tell you that by winning this final match, Rohit Sharma has created history as a captain in the T20 World Cup. Rohit has now become the first captain to win the T20 World Cup without losing a single match. No captain has done this before Rohit. Let’s see some special records made in the tournament including the final:

See special records and stats of India vs South Africa, Final T20 World Cup 2024

1. In this match, the Indian team scored 176/7, which is the highest score made by any team in the final of a T20 World Cup.

5. This was the 5th World Cup in which Virat Kohli scored more than 150 runs, before Kohli only Mahela Jayawardene has been able to do this.

17. Arshdeep Singh (17 wickets) equalled Fazalhaq Farooqi’s record for most wickets in a T20 World Cup season.

5. In the final match, Heinrich Klaasen hit 5 sixes which is the second highest number of sixes hit by any batsman in a final. Before Klaasen, Marlon Samuels had hit 6 sixes in the final of the 2012 season.

1. India played the 14th final match of the ICC tournament and became the team playing the most finals. Australia has played 13 finals.

3. India became the third team to win 5 or more ICC finals. Australia have won 10 of their 13 finals, while West Indies have won 5 out of 8 finals.

1. This was Rohit Sharma’s 50th win as captain, which no other captain has been able to achieve in T20 International cricket.

76. Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in the final match and became the player with most fifties in ICC T20 World Cup and joint most 50+ scores in T20Is.

2. Virat Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) award for his brilliant innings. With this, he has become the second player to win this award in the semi-finals and finals of the T20 World Cup. Before Kohli, Shahid Afridi had done this in the 2009 T20 World Cup season.