June 30th 2024.
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team's thrilling victory over South Africa in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday has received praise and admiration from top tech leaders such as Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai.
Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet and Google, took to X to express his excitement over the game, saying, "What a match! I could barely breathe. This is exactly what makes sports so incredible. Congratulations to India, a well-deserved win! South Africa played incredibly as well. Amazing."
Nadella, the Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, also congratulated the Men in Blue, saying, "What an intense final. Congratulations to India, and well played, South Africa. This was a super World Cup. Let's have more cricket in the West Indies and USA."
Meanwhile, Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of Mahindra Group, called upon ChatGPT to create a graphic image depicting the Indian cricket team as superheroes. "Because they were super cool till the very end. The greatest gift of this final to India was that it wasn't an easy win. It almost slipped out of their grasp. But they never gave up in their minds," he shared on X. "This reminds all of us that being a superhero requires a fierce determination to win and a never give in attitude. Jai Ho!" Mahindra added.
The final saw an unbeaten India claim their second title in the shortest format with a seven-run win over South Africa at the Kensington Oval. Hardik Pandya's 3-20 and Jasprit Bumrah's 2-18 helped the team secure the win after Virat Kohli's 59-ball 76 and partnerships with Axar Patel and Shivam Dube helped them post a competitive total of 176/7.
Kohli, who has been going through a lean run, finally found his form in this crucial match and his 72-run stand with Patel and a 57-run partnership with Dube helped India surpass the 175-run mark, scoring 42 runs in the last three overs.
South Africa, in response, were on track to chase down the total, but Pandya's dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen turned the tide in India's favor and ended their 11-year global trophy drought. They were able to restrict South Africa to 169/8 and claim the T20 World Cup trophy.
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