Prime Minister Modi congratulated the Indian team for winning the T20 World Cup over the phone.
India and South Africa played a multi-match series in the T20 World Cup finals held yesterday. Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. Virat Kohli, who played well, scored 76 runs and Akshar Patel, who played aggressively, scored 47 runs and was dismissed. In the end the team scored 176 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of 20 overs. After that, the South African team, which went into the field with the target of winning if they scored 177 runs, scored 169 runs after losing 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs. Thus the Indian team won the thriller by 7 runs. With this victory, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup for the second time.
In this situation, Prime Minister Modi congratulated the players of the Indian team for winning the T20 World Cup over the phone. In this he congratulated the head coach Rahul Dravid, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and captain Virat Kohli over the phone.
