Those occasions when we did not catch the final match… from Kapil Dev to Harmanpreet included

India has entered the final by defeating England in the semi-finals. In this match played at Wankhede Stadium, first the Indian batsmen showed enthusiasm, then England showed their stamina. Bowling also remained the same between both the teams, the only thing in which India won was fielding. In the match, Akshar Patel took two catches which won the match for India. Although this was not the first time, since 1983 till now whenever India has taken such catches, India has won the final match.

There was a time when Harry Brook and Butler were playing at Wankhede, it seemed that England was going towards a big score. 38 runs were scored in 4 overs. At the same time, Brook hit a ball from Bumrah in the air, which was caught by Akshar Patel running towards the boundary. This was Akshar’s first catch. After this, the second chance came when England had reached 172 runs in 13.5 overs. Jacob Baithle and Will Jacques were batting well. Meanwhile, Arshdeep Singh threw a ball outside, Akshar Patel caught this ball at the boundary while running fast. When he staggered and felt that he would touch the boundary with the ball, he threw the ball towards Shivam. This catch proved to win the match for India. At that time Jacques had scored 35 runs on 20 balls.

On June 25, 1983, a match was going on between India and West Indies. There was a time when Viv Richards was playing on 33 runs. It was a big challenge to get him out. On this, Richards top-edged the ball of Madan Lal, Kapil Dev ran behind mid-on and took an over-the-shoulder catch while running backward. This was the turning point of the match. Due to this, West Indies were defeated cheaply and India became world champion for the first time by winning by 43 runs.

The final was being played between India and South Africa in Barbados in June 2024. Miller was playing big shots in the last over. Meanwhile, Miller hit Hardik Pandya’s ball towards long off, Surya Kumar Yadav was on the boundary, he took the catch while running. He also went inside the boundary, but by then he had already thrown the ball in the air. Controlled himself and came out and caught the ball once again. Because of this catch, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs and won its second T20 World Cup.

Last year, during the Women’s World Cup, the final match was being played between India and South Africa. Meanwhile, Nadine Clarke played Deepti Sharma’s ball in the air, by that time South Africa had scored 246 runs. Captain Harmanpreet caught this ball bouncing in the air and took control of the match.