2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 1 to 29 June 2024; the tournament being hosted by the West Indies for the second time, while this was also the first major ICC tournament to feature matches played in the United States.

The tournament field expanded from 16 to 20 teams, including the two hosts, the top eight teams from the 2022 edition, the best placed two teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings not already qualified, and eight other teams determined by regional qualifiers. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time, while the United States participated for the first time by virtue of being co-hosts.

England were the defending champions and were beaten in the semi-finals by India, who went on to win their second T20 World Cup title, defeating South Africa by 7 runs and equalling England and West Indies with the most titles in the T20 World Cup.

Background
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is a professional T20I tournament held between men's national cricket teams, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament, now being held every two years, was first played in 2007 in South Africa. The last tournament held in 2022 in Australia was contested by 16 teams. The defending champions were England, who defeated Pakistan in the final of the previous edition.

Host selection
In November 2021, the ICC announced that the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup would be played in the United States and the West Indies. A joint bid was submitted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket following two years of preparation, forming part of a strategic partnership between the two associations.

USA Cricket's co-hosting was part of efforts to help develop and promote cricket in the United States, where the sport's fanbase is primarily made up of South Asian Americans. Prior to this World Cup, the United States had occasionally hosted West Indies home matches at Central Broward Park in Florida, while a T20 franchise league known as Major League Cricket launched in 2023.

Although cricket had never become mainstream in the country, the United States is associated with several notable developments in the early history of the game, including having hosted Canada in the first international cricket match, and American cricketer Bart King having been credited with developing the technique of swing bowling.

Format
The 20 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of five teams; all the five teams in a group played with all the others – for a total of ten matches – and the top two teams in each group advanced to the Super 8 stage. The advanced 8 teams were divided into two groups of four teams each based on pre-tournament seedings; all the advanced teams in an advanced group played with all the others in that group – for a total of six matches – and the top two teams in each advanced group advanced to a four-team semi-final or knockout stage. Prior to the tournament, the ICC announced the eight seeded teams for the Super 8 stage based on T20I rankings. On advancing from the group stage, they were placed in pre-determined positions in the Super 8 stage, irrespective of their position in the group stage. If an unseeded team qualified at the expense of a seeded team, it took the position of the corresponding seeded team that failed to qualify from the group.

Schedule
On 28 July 2023, ICC announced that the tournament will be played from 4 to 30 June 2024. The revised schedule was announced on 5 January 2024, with the tournament scheduled to take place from 1 to 29 June. The teams would play 55 matches with three cities in the United States hosting 12 matches and the rest of the matches hosted by six venues in the Caribbean. On 16 May 2024, ICC announced that warm-up fixtures will be held from 27 May to 1 June.

Prize money
The ICC allocated a pool of US$11.25 million in prize money for the tournament. The winners will earn at least $2.45 million, the highest prize money in the history of the tournament. In addition, each team will receive an additional $31,154 for each match they win excluding the semi-finals and final.

Marketing
The ICC hosted a "trophy tour" before the tournament which began on 19 March in New York and the trophy was taken to various locations around the world. Former cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle, and Shahid Afridi as well as Olympian athlete Usain Bolt were named as the ambassadors of the tournament.

Qualification
Teams from every ICC Region :

The two hosts West Indies and the United States along with the top eight teams from the 2022 tournament qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining two automatic qualification places were taken by the best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings which had not already qualified, as of 14 November 2022. The eight remaining places were filled viathe ICC's regional qualifiers, consisting of two teams from Africa, Asia, and Europe and one team each from the Americas and the East Asia-Pacific groups. In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa.

In July 2023, Ireland and Scotland qualified from the Europe Qualifier, followed by Papua New Guinea from the East Asia-Pacific. Canada secured its qualification in October 2023 after winning the Americas Qualifier. The following month, Nepal and Oman qualified after reaching the final of the Asia Qualifier in Nepal. Namibia and Uganda became the final two teams to qualify after ensuring a top-two finish in the Africa Qualifier with Zimbabwe becoming the only Test-playing country that failed to qualify for the World Cup. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time, while the United States also participated for the first time by virtue of being co-host.

Venues
In May 2023, Cricket West Indies (CWI) began a bidding process for countries in the Caribbean region willing to host the matches of the World Cup. In July 2023, the ICC shortlisted four venues in the United States, Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida, Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina, Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, and a temporary stadium at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City for hosting the matches. Residents of the Bronx objected to the Van Cortlandt Park stadium, citing that it would restrict public access to the park for an extended time, showed concerns for its environmental impact, and questioned the economic viability of the event. On 20 September 2023, the ICC announced that Grand Prairie, Lauderhill, and New York would be the three U.S. host cities, with a 34,000-seat temporary stadium to be constructed at Eisenhower Park on Long Island in Nassau County, New York. Central Broward Park and Grand Prairie Stadium were to be expanded, with temporary grandstands and hospitality areas doubling their capacity during the tournament.

On 22 September 2023, ICC announced that venues in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago would serve as the hosts in the West Indies. Grenada, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis did not submit bids to host the World Cup, with Jamaican sports minister Olivia Grange ruling out a bid on cost grounds. In November 2023, it was announced that Trinidad's Queen's Park Oval, the country's most considerable cricket ground, would not be hosting any World Cup matches and that fixtures would be moved to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando. Nigel Camacho, the president of the Queen's Park Cricket Club, stated that the venue would instead most likely host warm-up matches before the start of the main tournament. The Government of Dominica decided to withdraw its venue, Windsor Park, from hosting any matches of the World Cup citing its inability to complete the infrastructural development of the venue before the tournament commences.

In December 2023, a delegation of representatives from the ICC undertook an inspection of the confirmed host venues in the Caribbean and the United States, so as to finalize the fixtures for the tournament. The Long Island stadium was slated to host the India–Pakistan group stage match, considered one of the largest rivalries in the sport. On 17 January 2024, the ICC unveiled the proposed design of the temporary New York stadium—Nassau County International Cricket Stadium—which was completed in May 2024 in time for the tournament. It marked the first temporary venue to have ever been used during an ICC World Cup.

Squads
Each team was allowed to have a squad of 15 players with the provisional squad required to be submitted to the ICC by 1 May 2024. The teams were allowed to make changes to their squads till 25 May 2024.

On 29 April 2024, New Zealand was the first team to announce its squad for the tournament. The following day, Afghanistan, England, India, Oman, and South Africa announced their squads. On 1 May, Australia, and Nepal also announced their squads. Canada announced its squad on 2 May 2024. Hosts West Indies and the United States announced their squads on 3 May 2024. Scotland and Uganda announced their squads on 6 May 2024. Ireland and Papua New Guinea announced their squads on 7 May 2024 and Sri Lanka announced their squad on 9 May 2024. Namibia announced their squad on 10 May 2024 and Netherlands announced their squad on 13 May 2024. Bangladesh announced their squad on 14 May 2024 and Pakistan became the final team to announce their squad for the tournament on 24 May 2024.

Match officials
On 3 May 2024, ICC released the list of match referees and umpires for the tournament.


 * Match referees


 * Umpires

Warm-up matches
The Warm-up matches were played from 27 May to 1 June 2024, involving most of the tournament. England, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa didn't play any warm-up matches.

Group stage
ICC announced the groups and its fixtures on 5 January 2024, with the group stage matches being played from 1 to 17 June 2024. The 20 teams were divided into four groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 40 matches. The opening match was played with co-hosts United States facing Canada in the first ever T20I match at Grand Prairie Stadium on 1 June. The Nassau County Stadium at New York hosted its first ever international match on 3 June between South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Week 1
The tournament commenced on 1 June between the hosts United States and Canada, the two debutants at Grand Prairie Stadium, which also hosted its first T20I match. Canada, batting first put up a score of 194/5 in reply, USA chased down the target in 17.4 overs with Aaron Jones scoring 94* from 40 deliveries and putting up a partnership of 131 runs with Andries Gous . This was the first victory for the United States in a World Cup match across all formats.

On 2 June 2024, the second match saw the other host, West Indies taking on Papua New Guinea at Providence Stadium and emerging victorious by 5 wickets, despite PNG's valiant efforts. The third match saw Namibia defeating Oman in the Super Over after a low scoring tied game at Kensington Oval.

On 3 June 2024, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets after bundling out them for just 77, which was also their lowest total in T20Is. The other match saw Afghanistan thrashing Uganda by mammoth 125 runs. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 183/5 and then restricted their opposition to just 58 thanks to Fazalhaq Farooqi's maiden T20I Five-wicket haul.

The sixth match at Kensington Oval, between Scotland and England had a delayed start and again was interrupted by rain when Scotland was 51/0 (6.2 overs) thus reducing it to 10 overs per side. Scotland made a score of 90/0 in 10 overs. But after the first innings rain returned and the match was washed out In the next match, Nepal lost to Netherlands by 6 wickets. Batting first, Nepal were bowled out for 106 with Netherlands chasing the target down in 18.4 overs.

Rohit Gurunath Sharma.jpg (pictured in 2023) made a list of records in the IND v IRE match:• 4,000th run in T20Is

• 1,000th run in the T20 World Cup

• 600 sixes in international cricket

• 100 sixes in ICC tournaments

• 300 wins in international cricket]] On 5 June 2024, three matches were played. In the first match, India defeated Ireland by bowling out Ireland for 96 runs and chasing it down with 8 wickets and 46 balls to spare. In the match, Rohit Sharma scored his 4,000th run in T20Is, 1,000th run in the T20 World Cups, 600 sixes in international cricket, 100 sixes in ICC tournaments and also completed 300 wins in international cricket. He also broke Dhoni's record of most wins as Indian Captain in T20Is. Along with that Rishabh Pant also scored his 1,000th run in T20Is. In the second match, Uganda won their first ever World Cup match across all formats by beating Papua New Guinea by 3 wickets in a low scoring game at Providence. While Australia began their World Cup campaign with a win against Oman by 39 runs in the third match of the day at Kensington, with David Warner becoming the leading run-scorer for Australia in T20Is, surpassing Aaron Finch's 3,120 runs.

On 6 June 2024, hosts USA and former World Cup champions Pakistan faced each other in T20Is for the first time at Grand Prairie Stadium. Pakistan, put into bat first, made 159/7 with Babar Azam becoming the highest run-scorer in T20Is, surpassing Virat Kohli; in reply USA, riding on Monank Patel's and contributions from Andries Gous and Aaron Jones, USA managed to tie the match with the loss of 3 wickets. Pakistan lost the match to USA in Super Over thanks to brilliant bowling from Saurabh Netravalkar restricting Pakistan to 13/1 while chasing a target of 19 runs in the super over. This resulted in what is known as "by far the greatest upset in the history of t20 world cup". On the same day, Scotland beat Namibia by 5 wickets and thus securing their first victory against Namibia at the fourth attempt. Richie Berrington and Michael Leask made a partnership of 74 runs which sealed the win for Scotland while chasing a target of 156.

On 7 June 2024, Canada earned their first T20 World Cup victory by beating Ireland by 12 runs. While Afghanistan earned their first win against New Zealand in T20Is with Rahmanullah Gurbaz scoring 80 from 56 balls to ensure Afghanistan reach 159/6. In the second innings, Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 wickets each to bundle out New Zealand for a mere 75 and ensured a win by 84 runs. In the last match of the day, Bangladesh earned their first win against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Stadium. Bangladesh restricted Sri Lanka to 124/9 in the first innings and in reply chased down the target with 2 wickets and an over in hand despite Thushara's bowling figure of 4/18.

Week 2
The second week began with South Africa taking on Netherlands at Nassau County Stadium. In their last two meetings at ICC tournaments Netherlands had got the better of South Africa. Netherlands batting first made 103/9 with Sybrand Engelbrecht scoring 40 (45) and at one stage reduced South Africa to 12/4 before David Miller rescued South Africa with 59* along with Tristan Stubbs and ensured a win by 4 wickets. On the other hand, Ottneil Baartman picked up 4 wickets in 4 overs conceding only 11 runs which also helped South Africa to restrict Netherlands to a low score. Then next match saw Australia defeating England by 36 runs. Australia batting first made 201/7 in reply England could only manage 165/6. Chris Jordan of England took his 100th T20I wicket in the match against Australia which is also the biggest rivalry in international cricket. In the other match, West Indies won a one sided contest versus Uganda. West Indies managed to get 173/5 before blowing away Uganda for just 39, which is also joint-lowest total in the T20 World Cup. Akeal Hosein picked up a fifer to hand a 134 run victory to West Indies

On 9 June 2024, the second biggest rivalry in international cricket–India vs Pakistan had its turn at Nassau County with the occasion of Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan playing in his 100th T20I. Put into bat first, India were all out for 119 with Rishabh Pant being the highest scorer with 42 (31) while Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picking up 3 wickets each. In reply Pakistan were at 80/3 and needed 40 runs from 36 balls but a valiant bowling effort by the Indian bowlers spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah restricted Pakistan to 113/7 and became the joint lowest score defended in men's T20 World Cups as India won by 6 runs. On the same day, Scotland defeated Oman by 7 wickets at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium resulting in Oman becoming the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. Batting first, Oman made gave a target of 151 to Scotland who in return chased it down in 13.1 overs thanks to George Munsey's 41 (20) and Brandon McMullen's 61* (31).

In the next match, South Africa batting first made 113/6 after struggling at 23/4 with Heinrich Klaasen being the top scorer with 46 runs and defended it by 4 runs against Bangladesh, who scored 109/7. The next match saw, Pakistan beat Canada by 7 wickets. Aaron Johnson made 52 which helped Canada set a target of 107 which Pakistan chased down in 17.1 overs with Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten half century. In this match, Haris Rauf took his 100th T20I wicket. The 23rd match between Nepal and Sri Lanka on 11 June 2024 at Central Broward Park was abandoned due to rain resulting in South Africa's qualification for Super 8. On the same day, Australia defeated Namibia at North Sound paving their way to the Super 8 as well while Namibia were eliminated from the tournament. Australia bowled out Namibia for 72 runs with Adam Zampa picking up 4 wickets as well as became the first Australian cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is and chased down the target in 5.4 overs.

On 12 June 2024, India and United States faced each other for the first time in T20Is with India restricting USA to 110/8 thanks to Arshdeep Singh's 4/9 and defeating them by 7 wickets with Suryakumar Yadav unbeaten half century as a result India qualified to the Super 8's. On the same day, West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs at Brian Lara Cricket Academy and qualified for the Super 8 as well. Sherfane Rutherford's unbeaten 68 helped West Indies post a score of 149/9 and in return Alzarri Joseph picked 4 wickets to restrict New Zealand to 136/9. During this match, Nicholas Pooran became the leading run-scorer for West Indies in T20Is, passing Chris Gayle's 1,899 runs.

In the next match, Bangladesh set a target of 160 runs but Netherlands fell short by 25 runs as a result Sri Lanka was eliminated from the tournament. While, England chased down Oman's target of 48 runs in just 3.1 overs. Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets and paving their to the Super 8 stage while eliminating New Zealand, Uganda and Papua New Guinea from the tournament. The 30th match between United States and Ireland on 14 June 2024 was abandoned due to rain resulting in US being qualified for Super 8 stage while Canada, Ireland, and Pakistan were eliminated from the tournament. On the same day, South Africa defeated and eliminated Nepal by 1 run in a close low scoring encounter. while New Zealand defeated Uganda by chasing down the target of 41 runs in 5.2 overs.

Week 3
Match 33 between Canada and India on 15 June 2024 was abandoned due to rain. Later the same day, England defeated Namibia by 41 runs (DLS) in a rain affected 10-over match. Namibia's Niko Davin became the first batter to be dismissed retired out in a T20 World Cup match during the match against England, he announced that he was leaving the field during the 6th over of the Namibian innings while he was still batting with an unbeaten score of 18 runs off 16 balls. While Australia chased down the target of 181 runs set by Scotland with five wickets in hand in the last fixture of Group B, which helped England qualify for Super 8 stage and eliminated Scotland.

On 16 June 2024, three matches were played, in the first Pakistan chased down Ireland's target of 107 with 3 wickets and 7 balls to spare. The second match, Bangladesh beat Nepal by 21 runs. Bangladesh batting first were bowled out for 106 and then restricted Nepal to 85, which became the lowest score defended in men's T20 World Cups. Also, Sandeep Lamichhane took his 100th T20I wicket in the match. In the last match of the day Sri Lanka, batting first made 201/6 and then bowled out Netherlands for 118, in the last fixture of Group D, which resulted in Bangladesh qualifying for Super 8 stage while Netherlands were eliminated. On the last day of group stage, New Zealand defeated Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets. Batting first, PNG was restricted to 78 with Lockie Ferguson bowling all four maiden overs that he bowled and also picking three wickets (figures reading 4–4–0–3) and then chasing down the target in 12.2 overs with 7 wickets left. This was the last T20I match for Trent Boult. The last match of the group stage saw hosts, West Indies beating Afghanistan by 104 runs. West Indies made 218/5 with Nicholas Pooran made 98 (53) out of which he scored 36 runs in an over against Azmatullah Omarzai, the second such instance in a T20 World Cup match and fifth in T20Is In reply, Afghanistan could only manage 114.

Super 8
The top two teams from each group in the group stage were placed into two groups of four teams in the Super 8 stage. In the Super 8 stage, each team will play the others in the group as a round-robin, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage. No points were carried over from the group stage to the Super 8. Prior to the tournament, eight teams were seeded in the Super 8 stage: Australia, India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka in Group 1, and England, Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies in Group 2.

Super 8 summary
In the first match of Super 8 stage South Africa took on hosts United States for the first time in T20Is with South Africa emerging victorious by 18 runs. South Africa scored 194/4 with a quick fire 74 from 40 balls by Quinton de Kock. In return, Andries Gous scored an unbeaten 80 of 47 balls, but in vain as USA managed to score only 176/6. In the second match, defending champions England faced two times champions West Indies at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. West Indies managed a total of 180/4, in return England scored 181/2 thanks to an unbeaten knock of 87 from 47 balls by Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow's 48* (26). On the second day of Super 8 stage, Group 1 was in action, in the first match of the day India scored 181/8 with valuable contributions from Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya at Kensington Oval and then bowled out Afghanistan for 134 with Jasprit Bumrah taking 3/7 in 4 overs. while rain-affected second game saw Australia restricting Bangladesh to 140/8 with Pat Cummins taking his maiden hat-trick in T20Is, which was the first hat-trick in the 2024 tournament, and seventh in the T20 World Cup history. The second innings was cut short due to the rain, wherein Australia were already 28 runs ahead of their DLS par score of 72 from 11.2 overs thus was victorious.

In the next round of fixtures, South Africa took on England. South Africa, batting first, made 163/6 due to brilliant batting by Quinton de Kock and David Miller but England fell short by 7 runs despite the valiant efforts of Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone. The next match was a clash of hosts, West Indies taking on USA. Batting first, USA could only manage to score 128 in return West Indies chased down the target in 10.5 overs with the loss of one wicket only thanks to blistering unbeaten knock of 82 (39) from Shai Hope. In the next match, India put into bat first put up a score of 196/5 and then restricted Bangladesh to 146/8. A team performance from the Indian team ensured a win by 50 runs. The eighth match saw a huge upset, with Afghanistan defeating Australia by 21 runs. Afghanistan batting first set a total of 148/6 with an opening partnership of 118 between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran and then bowling out Australia for 127 with Gulbadin Naib and Naveen-ul-Haq picking up 7 wickets between themselves.

In the 9th Match of the Super 8s, England bowled out USA for 115 with Chris Jordan picking a hat-trick and then chased down the target in 9.4 overs, with Jos Buttler hitting five consecutive sixes against Harmeet Singh in the 9th over. In the next match Roston Chase's half century helped West Indies to set up a total of 135/8. South Africa was set a revised target 123 from 17 overs which they chased down with 5 balls to spare.

On the last day of the Super 8s, India took on Australia in St. Lucia. India put into bat made 205/5, with the captain Rohit Sharma scoring 92 of 41 balls. In reply Australia scored 181/7 and fell short of the target by 24 runs. With this win, India qualified to the Semi-finals. Later that day, Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in the last match of the Super 8 stage to advance to the knockout stage and knock Australia out of the tournament. Afghanistan made 115/5 in the first innings, and Bangladesh were bowled out for 105 while chasing a rain-curtailed target of 114 in 19 overs.

Knockout stage
The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals, played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando on 26 June and Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June, and the final, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June. The ICC had stated that if India qualified for the semi-finals, they would play at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

On 23 June 2024, England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating United States at Kensington Oval. Later on the same day, South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-final after defeating West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. On 24 June 2024, India became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Australia at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. Later on the same day, Afghanistan became the last team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Stadium.

Semi-finals
In the first semi-final, Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat. Afghanistan scored just 56 runs in 11.5 overs before being bowled out. South Africa would go on to score 60 runs in 8.5 overs winning the match. This was the first time that South Africa has reached the finals of an ICC Mens T20 World Cup. It was also an historical low for Afghanistan and is their lowest ever score in T20Is. Afghanistan's score was also the lowest ever score scored in an ICC Mens T20 World Cup semi-final. The player of the match award was awarded to South African all-rounder Marco Jansen for taking 3 Afghani wickets.

In the second semi-final, India managed to score 171 for the loss of 7 wickets throughout a rain-affected innings. Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored 57 out of 39 balls while England's Chris Jordan took 3/37 in 3 overs. In the second innings with the highest score being 25 off of 19 balls by Harry Brook England were bowled out for 103 in 16.4 overs. India's Kuldeep Yadav took 3/19 in 4 overs. Indian spinner Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award. India qualified for their third T20 World Cup final after previously having won the tournament in 2007 and being runner-up in 2014.

Final
South Africa, after losing the toss, took three early Indian wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Suryakumar Yadav. However, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel put on a 72-run partnership, with Patel contributing 47 runs. Kohli's 76-run innings and a late contribution of 27 by Shivam Dube helped India reach a total of 176/7, the highest first-innings total in a T20 World Cup final.

South Africa's chase began with the loss of two early wickets, but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs took the total to 106. After they were both dismissed, Heinrich Klaasen made the fastest fifty in a World Cup final, including scoring 24 runs off the 15th over bowled by Axar Patel. At this point, South Africa required 30 runs in 30 balls with six wickets in hand. However, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya bowled economically in the last 5 overs. Pandya picked up the wicket of Klaasen in the 17th over, Bumrah dismissed Marco Jansen in the 18th over, and Pandya dismissed David Miller, the last recognized batsman, off the first ball of the final over. The tail end batsmen were unable to overhaul India's total, and South Africa ended their innings on 169/8, losing by 7 runs.

This victory marked India's first ICC title since the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, their first world cup title since the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and their second T20 World Cup crown (the first being the 2007 title). Kohli's knock earned him the Player of the Match award, while Jasprit Bumrah received the Player of the Tournament award. Kohli, Sharma and Jadeja announced their retirement from T20 international format after the final. The end of the tournament also marked the end of Rahul Dravid's tenure as the coach of the Indian cricket team.

Broadcasting
In India, Disney Star handled host broadcasting for the tournament. After having introduced smartphone-oriented vertical video broadcasts at the 2023 Cricket World Cup using dedicated camera feeds, the vertical video feeds for this T20 World Cup shifted to using machine learning technology to automatically adapt the main 16:9 camera feeds to vertical and square video formats. The ICC also offered highlights from the Super 8 round onward through an immersive app for visionOS, allowing users to view presentations from various areas of the stadium.

In an effort to help promote the sport to U.S. audiences, the ICC partnered with American sports podcaster Jomboy, who has been known for producing cricket-related content targeting baseball viewers—as a contributor, including making guest appearances as an analyst on selected matches to help explain the rules and strategy of the sport to new viewers.