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Heartbreak for Proteas after 32-year wait

T20 WORLD CUP

ICC T20 World Cup Final

India: 176/7 (Kohli 76, Patel 47, Maharaj 2/23, Nortje 2/26)

South Africa: 169/8 (Klaasen 52, De Kock 39, Pandya 3/20, Singh 2/18)

Indian won by seven runs

THE Proteas’ 32-year wait to win an ICC World Cup crown will continue after an agonising seven-run defeat to India last night at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Aiden Markram’s team were in touching distance of the holy grail as they tried to hunt down the highest target in T20 World Cup final history. They reduced the equation to 30 runs off 30 balls, and then 16 off the final over, but ultimately were undone by a spectacular piece of

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