In the second innings, South Africa managed to post a score of 169/8 thus India claimed the victory by 7 runs to win their second T20 World Cup title.

[9][10] South Africa began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over Sri Lanka at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York,[11] and went on to defeat Netherlands[12] and Bangladesh at the same venue.

[17] South Africa then defeated Afghanistan in the semi-final at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago to earn their place at their maiden T20 World Cup final.

[6] India began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over Ireland at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium,[18] and went on to defeat Pakistan[19] and co-hosts United States at the same venue.

[21] In the Super 8 stage, they defeated Afghanistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados,[22] Bangladesh in North Sound,[23] and Australia in Gros Islet, finishing as winners of Group 1.

[24] India then defeated defending champions England in the semi-final at the Providence Stadium in Guyana to earn their place at the T20 World Cup final for the third time.

[27] Virat Kohli, being out of form for the majority of the tournament, helped with a quick start to the Indian innings by scoring three boundaries in the first over from Marco Jansen.

Kohli was the highest run-scorer for India with 76 runs off 59 balls while Keshav Maharaj and Nortje picked up two wickets each for South Africa.

[52] South Africa faced criticism for choking in the closing phase of the match, as they were favoured to chase down the total comfortably at one stage.

[53][54] South Africa captain Aiden Markram admitted that the defeat was a tough pill to swallow and described it as a "gut-wrenching and bittersweet ending to a great campaign", but heaped praise on his teammates who had helped the team reach the final as one of only two unbeaten sides of the tournament.

[55][56] Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated team India on winning the tournament.

[63] The Indian team's departure from Barbados was delayed by over two days due to Hurricane Beryl, which caused a shutdown of air traffic from the island.

[65] The players and support staff met with the Indian Prime Minister Modi at his residence in 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi.

[66][67] They then flew to Mumbai, taking a 2-kilometre open bus ride from Nariman Point to the Wankhede Stadium, for which an estimated 300,000 fans gathered at the Marine Drive.