Heinrich Klaasen produced one of the great World Cup final innings but matches and tournaments are won on the strength of the collective, on self-belief and hunger, on undying ambition.

Seemingly down and out for nearly three-fourths of South Africa’s run chase at the Kensington Oval on Saturday, India roared back through their talisman Jasprit Bumrah, with no little support from Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya, to close out a scarcely believable seven runs.