[Watch] Rohit Sharma kisses Hardik Pandya after India win ICC T20 World Cup 2024

Captain Rohit Sharma ended India’s ICC trophy drought by winning the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy.

India captain Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya shared an emotional moment following their triumph in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa in Barbados on June 29.

India and South Africa played out a thriller at the Kensington Oval on Saturday with the Men In Blue clinching the game by only seven runs after positing 176 runs on the board.

Virat Kohli top-scored with 76 runs while Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, and Hardik Pandya produced brilliant performances in the death overs to successfully defend 30 runs in 30 balls.

With this triumph, Rohit Sharma ended India’s ICC title wait; India had last won an ICC silverware in 2013. After 11 long years, India have finally managed to clinch their hands on an ICC trophy.

During the celebrations, when Hardik was giving an interview to the broadcasters, Rohit came near him, grabbed his face and kissed him on his cheek before both embraced each other in a warm hug.

Watch: Rohit Sharma kisses Hardik Pandya during celebrations

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In the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit said, “Very hard to sum up what we have been through for the last 3-4 years. To be honest, we worked very hard as individuals and as a team a team, lot has gone on behind the scenes for us to be here today and win this game. It is not what we did today, it is what we have been doing for the last 3-4 years. That’s the the result that has come for us today. We have played lots of high pressure games in the past as well and have been on the wrong side as well. But the guys understand what needs to be done. Today was the perfect example of when the back is against the wall, what is required. We stuck together as a team and the guys, all of us, even when at one point it was looking South Africa’s way. Overall, as a team, as a group on the field, we wanted this really bad. We wanted to win this.”

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