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The T20 World Cup 2024 final will be played between India and South Africa on Saturday. Both the teams are unbeaten in the tournament and an exciting match is expected. India will play the third match while South Africa will play the first T20 World Cup final. Indian captain Rohit Sharma will make a great record in his name as soon as he enters the title match. He will enter the exclusive club of MS Dhoni and Kane Williamson.
In fact, Rohit would become only the third captain to lead a team to the finals of three different ICC tournaments. Under his captaincy, India won the ODI in the year 2023. World Cup and played the final of the ICC World Test Championship. Both times India had to face defeat at the hands of Australia. At the same time, Team India under the captaincy of Dhoni T20 World CupPlayed title matches of ODI World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy. Dhoni is the only captain to win all three trophies.
Veteran New Zealand batsman Williamson has also captained three different ICC tournaments. Under his leadership, New Zealand played in the finals of ODI World Cup 2019, T20 World Cup 2021 and ICC World Test Championship 2021. New Zealand won against India in the final of the Test Championship. Let us tell you that Dhoni and Ricky Ponting hold the record of playing the most number of ICC finals as captains. Both did this four times.
Most ICC finals as captain
4 – Ricky Ponting
4 – MS Dhoni
3 – Rohit Sharma*
3 – Sourav Ganguly
3 – Brian Lara
3 – Clive Lloyd
3 – Kane Williamson
Rohit has a great chance to end the Indian team’s trophy drought. India last won the ICC title in 2013 under Dhoni’s captaincy. India then defeated England in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. Since then, India have made it to the semi-finals and finals several times but have not managed to win the trophy. India has a good record against South Africa. The two met a total of 6 times in the T20 World Cup, with India winning four times.