India vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2024 Final HIGHLIGHTS: Hardik Pandya’s crucial wicket of Klaasen turned the game in India’s favor. Kohli’s anchoring innings was vital after early dismissals of Rohit Sharma (9), Rishabh Pant (0), and Suryakumar Yadav (3) left India at a precarious 34 for three. Kohli, supported by Axar Patel (47 off 31), steadied the ship with a 72-run partnership. After Axar’s run-out, Shivam Dube (27 off 16) provided late innings momentum, ensuring India reached a competitive total.
India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2024 Final HIGHLIGHTS:
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Team India has broken the 13-year-long spell! The team has won the T20 World Cup.
Jansen departs on Bumrah's 4th delivery of the 18th over. SA need 21 runs in 14 balls.
The South African team is dominating the game with Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller giving the Indian team a run for their money. Klaasen has completed his half-century and with that 150 came up for the SA team.
Sharma brings in Arshdeep and SA lose Quinton de Kock at a crucial juncture.
SA - 109-4 (13 overs)
South Africa lose their third wicket in the 9th over. Axar Patel comes to India's rescue as he takes Tristan Stubbs out after SA put Team India under pressure.
Boom Boom Bumrah has drawn first blood and taken Reeza Hendricks out in the second over.
SA- 7 - 1 (1.3 overs)
Team India has put up a total of 176 runs at the loss of 7 wickets against South Africa in the T20 World Cup final. This is the highest-ever total scored in a T20 WC final.
After stabilising India and then carrying it on his shoulders, King Kohli has departed at 76. Hardik Pandya joins Shivan Dube on field.
Virat Kohli has scored a half-century in this crucial match off 48 balls. As Kohli looks to steal a boundary, Dube looks in no trouble to cut right through the fielders.
Axar Patel departs in the 14th over after scoring crucial 47 runs off 31 balls. Virat Kohli remains on pitch as Shivam Dube joins him.
After the departure of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has lost Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav in quick succession. In the 5th over, King Kohli stands as India's hope supported by Axar Patel.
Rohit Sharma goes or a sweep but the ball could not clear the fielder. He is out on 9 runs.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has won the toss and decided to bat against South Africa at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. There are no changes in India's Playing XI, says Sharma.
Interesting looking surface. It's been that way all tournament. They've done a fair bit of rolling, but there's no live grass to hold it together. It's fairly hard to start with so I'm hoping the ball comes onto the bat quite nicely - Ian Bishop
Since being knocked out in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022, Rohit Sharma has championed India's aggressive approach at the top of the order. Previously criticized for a timid approach in pressure games, India has turned things around in the past year. During the 2023 ODI World Cup, Rohit took it upon himself to provide explosive starts in the powerplay, scoring 597 runs—the second most after Virat Kohli—at an impressive strike rate of 125, the highest among batters with over 400 runs in the tournament.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain gave high praise to India skipper Rohit Sharma, crediting him with transforming the team's mindset after enduring multiple heartbreaks in the knockout stages of ICC tournaments for over a decade. Hussain described Rohit as "an iron fist in a velvet glove," striking the perfect balance between aggression and calmness.
In this season of T20 World Cup, India have won 7 matches on the trot. However, South Africa have won 8 matches and remain undefeated so far.
The toss is scheduled for 10:00 AM local time (7:30 PM IST), and even if there are some showers, it is expected that the reserve day on Sunday will not be necessary.
Amid reports of tropical storm and intense downpour, Dinesh Karthik took to X to share the view from Bridgetown. Check this out
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"We do understand the occasion but for us it's important to keep calm and composed. That helps us make good decisions. We need to make good decisions through the 40 overs." - Rohit
According to ICC regulations, a full 40-over match will be played if the game is delayed by no more than 60 minutes. Therefore, if the contest starts by 9 PM IST, a complete game will take place.
It's SUNNY in Bridgetown! Fans are beginning to arrive at Kensington Oval in Barbados for the title clash between Team India and South Africa.
An additional 190 minutes have been allocated for the title clash. If play does not resume by the cut-off time on the scheduled day, it will be abandoned for the day, and the reserve day will be used to either complete or replay the match.
If the reserve day is needed, play will begin or resume at the same time (8:00 PM IST) as originally scheduled. Additionally, if the match is reduced and played before rain interrupts on the scheduled day, it will continue from the same point on the reserve day. For today's final match, June 30 is the reserve day,
Well, from five to 15 the number of overs reduced totally depend on the time left in the play for the allotted day. So, in case there are several interruptions today, the cutoff decided by the Match Umpires will decide how many overs will be reduced. Each side must play at least five overs to decide the outcome of the match.
In simple terms, it means that the play will take place with lesser number of overs. In case the rain continues, a cutoff will be decided after inspection of the ground. In case, the match is delayed beyond the cutoff then the overs per side will be reduced.
Every effort will be made to complete the match on the scheduled day, including any necessary reduction in overs.
With thunderstorms expected throughout the day, rain is likely to interrupt the game. If play is not possible on Saturday, the match will resume on the reserve day, June 30.