Team India has rolled up their sleeves to take on South Africa in the finals of the T20 World Cup 2024. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X/File Pic)
Updated On: 2024-06-29 04:32 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
India under Rohit Sharma and South Africa under Aiden Markram will face each other in the finals of the biggest edition of the T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The match will begin at 8.00 PM
This will be the first time that two unbeaten teams will be facing each other in a T20 World Cup final
This will be the third ICC tournament for India under Rohit Sharma's captaincy and the side will look to redeem the title which they last won in the inaugural season of the tournament
Aiden Markram is the man to led South Africa to win the U-19 World Cup in 2014. The current Proteas team will be riding high on confidence as they are still unbeaten in the T20 World Cup 2024
Previously out of 26 faceoffs, India has secured 14 wins and South Africa has 11 wins. One match between the teams ended in a tie
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is leading from the front as he is the third leading run-scorer of the tournament with 248 runs in seven matches. From South Africa's perspective, Quinton de Kock is the highest run-scorer. The left-hander has accumulated 204 runs in eight T20 World Cup 2024 matches
In the bowling department, Arshdeep Singh is the leading wicket-taker for the Blues. The left-arm pacer has bagged 15 scalps in seven matches. Anrich Nortje is the man leading South Africa's bowling attack. In eight T20 World Cup 2024 matches, he has 13 wickets under his belt
Virat Kohli has struggled in the previous T20 World Cup 2024 matches and will be expected to deliver a blistering knock for the side in today, the final show
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs