# 2024 Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage was played between the top 4 teams from the Super 8 stage. It consisted of two semi-finals, played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando on 26 June and Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June, and the final played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June.
South Africa defeated Afghanistan on semi-final 1 to qualify for their maiden men's T20 World Cup final while India defeated England on semi-final 2 qualify for their third final. In the final, India defeated South Africa to win their second men's T20 World Cup title.

## Rules

Both Semi-finals had an additional time of 250 minutes. In Semi-final 1, 60 minutes was available on the scheduled date with another 190 minutes on the reserve day, while Semi-final 2, had 250 minutes available only on the scheduled day and had no reserve day. The final, however had a reserve day available on June 30. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any.
In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage would progress to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, subsequent Super Overs will be played until there's a winner.
The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 25 June 2024.

## Qualification

* Group 2: On 23 June 2024, England became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating United States at Kensington Oval. Later on the same day, South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. South Africa finished atop the table and progressed to semi-final 1, while England progressed to semi-final 2 and both the hosts were eliminated.
* Group 1: On 24 June 2024, India became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Australia at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. Later on the same day, Afghanistan became the last team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Stadium. India finished atop the table and progressed to semi-final 2, while Afghanistan progressed to semi-final 1.
| Qualification | Qualification | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Qualification | Qualification | Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 |
| Advanced from the Super 8 stage (Top 2 teams from each group) | 1 | Afghanistan | India |
| Advanced from the Super 8 stage (Top 2 teams from each group) | 2 | South Africa | England |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||

## Venues

The ICC stated that if India qualifies for the semi-finals, they would play in semi-final 2 at Providence Stadium in Guyana.
Venues in the West Indies :
| Barbados | Guyana | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Kensington Oval | Providence Stadium | Brian Lara Cricket Academy |
| Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Final | Semi-final 2 | Semi-final 1 |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2A | South Africa | 60/1 (8.5 overs) | | | |
| 1B | Afghanistan | 56 (11.5 overs) | | | |
| 1B | Afghanistan | 56 (11.5 overs) | SF1W | South Africa | 169/8 (20 overs) |
| | | | SF2W | India | 176/7 (20 overs) |
| 1A | India | 171/7 (20 overs) | SF2W | India | 176/7 (20 overs) |
| 2B | England | 103 (16.4 overs) | | | |

## Semi-finals
### Semi-final 1

Afghanistan played in their maiden semi-final but were bowled out 56 in 11.5 overs posting their lowest T20I score; and also the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semi-final, with the highest score being 10 off of 12 by Azmatullah Omarzai and South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi taking 3/6 in 1.5 overs. In the second innings, South Africa managed to chase it down in only 8.5 overs with Reeza Hendricks's 29* off of 25 while losing only one wicket to Fazalhaq Farooqi. South Africa's Marco Jansen was awarded with the Player of the match award. South Africa qualified for their maiden World Cup final as a result of this match.

### Semi-final 2
## Final

* 29 June 2024 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard
| India 176/7 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 169/8 (20 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 76 (59) Keshav Maharaj 2/23 (3 overs) | | Heinrich Klaasen 52 (27) Hardik Pandya 3/20 (3 overs) |
* India won by 7 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was South Africa's maiden appearance and India's third appearance at the T20 World Cup final.
* Hardik Pandya (Ind) played in his 100th T20I.
* Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) all played their last T20I.
* Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first Indian player to win the T20 World Cup twice, and the first captain to win 50 T20I matches.
* Arshdeep Singh (Ind) equalled the record of Fazalhaq Farooqi for taking the most wickets in a single edition of a T20 World Cup (17).
* India scored the highest-ever total in the final of a T20 World Cup (176), surpassing the score of 172 set by New Zealand in 2021.
* India won their second T20 World Cup title, equalling the West Indies and England in most tournaments won. India also broke the record of the longest time between successive tournament wins (17 years), breaking the record of 12 years set by England.
* India also became the first team to win the T20 World Cup by winning 8 matches without losing.