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This was the second T20 World Cup final played at the stadium, after the 2010 final. [5] This was South Africa's maiden T20 World Cup final, [6] while it was India's third final, having been champions in 2007 and runners-up in 2014. [7] Both teams qualified for the final unbeaten, with neither of them losing a group stage, Super 8 or semi-final ...
Sachin Tendulkar was named by the ICC as the World Cup Ambassador for the second time, after filling the role at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. [32] Tickets for India v Pakistan in Adelaide reportedly sold out within 12 minutes of going on sale. [33] The match received an average television audience in India of 14.8% of TV-equipped households.
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the second batsman to complete 9,000 runs, and third to complete 1,000 runs against South Africa in ODIs. [11] Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid's partnership of 180 runs was the highest for second wicket against South Africa by any side. [11] This was India's highest total against South Africa in ODIs (310). [11]
This was South Africa's maiden appearance at the T20 World Cup final. [23] Hardik Pandya (Ind) played in his 100th T20I. [24] Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) all played their last T20I. [25] [26] Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first Indian player to win the T20 World Cup twice, [27] and the first captain to win 50 T20I ...
The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests, five Odis & one T20I from 16 November 2006 to 6 January 2007. South Africa won the Test series 2–1. After India won the first Test at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg , South Africa rallied to win the 2nd Test at Kingsmead in Durban and the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town .
Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 4,000th run in T20Is [5] and 1,000th run in the T20 World Cup, [6] becoming the second Indian to achieve both feats after Virat Kohli. He also completed 600 sixes in international cricket, 100 sixes in ICC tournaments and 300 wins in international cricket.
India ensured an ODI series victory after beating South Africa by 73 runs in the fifth match, after they had already won the first three fixtures. This resulted in India's first ODI series win in South Africa, with India maintaining their number one ranking in the ICC ODI Championship. [24] [25] India went on to win the ODI series 5–1. [26]
The 2012 World Twenty20 is the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20 champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in 2009 tournament to become World T20 Champions, held in England.