Cricket-India beat S Africa by 7 runs to win T20 World Cup

Cricket - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - Final - India v South Africa - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - June 29, 2024 India players celebrate after South Africa's David Miller was caught out by Suryakumar Yadav off the bowling of Hardik Pandya REUTERS/Ash Allen

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - India beat South Africa by seven runs in the final at Kensington Oval on Saturday to win the Twenty20 World Cup title.

Electing to bat, India posted a competitive total of 176-7 and restricted their opponents to 169-8.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ed Osmond)