India’s unbeaten and thrilling victory at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament has undoubtedly served as a concrete exemplification of the team’s potential, strong points and an unvarying capacity to perform flawlessly even under high-pressure situations.
The Indian cricket team played a total of nine matches in the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament and clinched eight out of them and the remaining one main-stage game against Canada was washed out due to rain.
In addition to driving a nation of 1.43 billion people towards an unbeaten triumph at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament, the “men in blue” squad also established several other records in the arena of international cricket. Currently hailed as one of the most potential and finest cricket teams in the world, the national Indian cricket team has been garnering immense attention and praise from all over the world.
In this article we will take a look at the top five records established at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament.
Top 5 Records Made by Indian Cricket Team at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
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First Cricket Team to Witness an “Unbeaten” Victory at the T20 Men’s World Cup
The Indian cricket team played a total of nine matches during the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament and made a record for winning eight out of them against arch rivals Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, England, Australia and Ireland.
Although India’s final-stage game against Canada was washed out due to rain, the Indian cricket team continued their winning streak at the finals of the tournament, defeating South Africa and lifting the most coveted 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup trophy.
The Indian cricket team has successfully reserved its place as “World Champions” and the only cricket team in the entire world to clinch the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup without losing even a single game speaking volumes about the team’s potential to dominate even the finest of opponents on the field.
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Highest Team Score Total in the Final of a T20 Men’s World Cup Match
The Indian cricket team scored a match-winning total of 176* runs for the loss of seven wickets in the final of the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament against South Africa. While Rohit Sharma witnessed a tough day on the field, other dynamic forces of India’s batting unit, including Virat Kohli, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube took the command of maintaining the winning streak at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament against South Africa.
Virat Kohli was awarded with a man of the match award for his match-winning 76* runs knock against South Africa, which played a pivotal role in driving India to its much-awaited second triumph at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
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First Bowler to Clinch “Player of the Series” Award
India’s World Cup triumph that has been commemorated by billions of cricket fans around the world serves as a tribute to an undeniable revolution in the world of international cricket. More than elevating India’s stature at an international stage, the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph has also considerably raised the prominence of those parts of the Indian cricket team that never received enough appreciation in the past.
Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who picked up a total of fifteen wickets in the entire 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament, served as a major catalyst for India’s sensational and unbeaten victory. Jasprit Bumrah was awarded with the highly prestigious “player of the series” award at the end of the tournament, establishing the Indian spearhead as the first bowler to be honoured with the award that had earlier been associated only with the batsmen largely.
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World’s Oldest Captain to Win the T20 World Cup
In addition to driving the Indian side to a memorable and thrilling triumph at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the skipper of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, at the age of 37 years and 60 days, has also established himself as the oldest captain to clinch the T20 World Cup.
While most of the prominent T20I teams around the world, including England and Australia, have relatively younger captains below thirty-five years of age, India deliberately chose Rohit Sharma to captain the men in blue squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup owing to his stellar leadership abilities and the courage to take match-winning decisions at the most crucial and pressurising time of the match.
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Rohit Sharma, who recently announced his retirement after winning the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament, has proved himself once again and has solicited the fact that “age is just a number” when it comes to representing and making your nation win at an international level.
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Highest Number of Wickets in a Single T20 World Cup Edition
While Jasprit Bumrah managed to dominate the top-order batting lineups of arch rivals, the unsung hero of the Indian cricket team, Arshdeep Singh, also delivered a streak of power-packed bowling attacks throughout the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament.
Arshdeep Singh picked up a total of seventeen wickets at a commendable average of 12.65 throughout the 2024 T20 World Cup edition and surpassed Wanindu Hasaranga‘s record of sixteen wickets in a single T20 World Cup edition. Arshdeep Singh played a major role in India’s final match against South Africa as he picked up the two most crucial wickets of the South African side, including Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram.
Although there was a lot of criticism around Arshdeep’s selection for the 2014 T20 World Cup squad, the selectors and the skipper of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma, continued trusting the 25-year-old bowler and the results served as evidence of Arshdeep’s bowling excellence on the field.
