India managed 176 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets against South Africa in the final game of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup in Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday.
Opener Virat Kohli scored brilliant 76 runs off 59 balls while middle-order batter Axar Patel smashed 47 runs from 31 balls and Shivam Dube 27 runs off 16 balls.
This is the first fifty of Virat Kohli in this world Cup.
South African bowler Keshav Maharaj and Anrich Nortje bagged two wickets each while Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen got one wicket each.
Earlier, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (W), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (W), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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