Here’s a look at the firsts and some old marks breached to create history:
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The unbeaten finalists
India and South Africa reached the summit clash unbeaten and ended the tournament with 8 wins each.India could have made it nine but missed out because of the washout in the group-stage match against Canada.
Highest total in the final
India’s 176 for 7 in the title clash broke Australia’s record of 173 for 2, which they set in the final of the 2021 edition against New Zealand
Rohit’s last hurrah in T20Is makes history
Rohit Sharma‘s age of 37 years and 60 days on the day of the final (June 29) made him the oldest captain to win a T20 World Cup. Rohit and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from T20Is after India’s victory.
Most wickets in a single edition
Pacers Arshdeep Singh from India and Fazalhaq Farooqi from Afghanistan took 17 wickets each to jointly top the tally. It is also a new record for most wickets in a single edition of the T20 World Cup, going past Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s mark of 16 wickets.
‘Boom Boom’ Bumrah
The ‘Player of the Tournament’ and India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah registered a bowling average of 8.3, which is the best so far across T20 World Cups. His economy rate was a miserly 4.17.
Jordan ‘strikes’ it best
The white-ball specialist from England, pacer Chris Jordan broke Jacques Kallis’s record for the best bowling strike-rate in a T20 World Cup. Jordan finished the 2024 edition with a strike-rate of 8.3, breaking former South African all-rounder Kallis’s record of 9.4, which he set in 2012. Jordan’s heroics inclued a four-wicket maiden over in the match against the USA.
Ferguson’s unbelievable feat
New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson set an unbelievable record of delivering all four of his overs as maidens against Papua New Guinea, the first bowler ever to do so. He ended up with figures of three wickets for zero runs.
Most boundaries
The 2024 edition of the T20 World Cup saw 1,478 boundaries, going past the record of 1,349 boundary hits set in 2021. The 515 sixes hit in this edition are also the highest ever, breaking the 2021 record of 405 sixes by a distance.
Pooran goes big
West Indies’ big hitter Nicholas Pooran’s 17 sixes in the 2024 edition are also the most in a single edition, going past Windies great Chris Gayle’s record of 16.
Cummins on a roll
Australia pacer Pat Cummins took hat-tricks in two consecutive matches, the first bowler to do so.
(Stats Courtesy: ICC website)
