The final of India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2024 is being played at Barbados on Saturday. Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first in the title match. Both the teams have not made any changes in their playing eleven. Rohit was looking very happy after winning the toss. Let us tell you that in the last 6 seasons of the T20 World Cup, the team that won the toss has captured the trophy.
Since 2010, only teams winning the toss have been able to win the trophy. Will this record hold in the ninth edition? It will clear up in a few hours. At the same time, if we talk about the overall record, it has happened only once in eight editions, when the team that lost the toss won the title. India is in the shortest format for the third time World Cup is playing the final of South Africa got a chance to reach the final for the first time.
After the toss, Rohit said that we will bat first. The pitch is looking good. We have played a match here. Scores have been good. I know it’s a big occasion but it’s important to play it cool. We are treating it like an international match against a good team. South Africa have played some good cricket but so have we. This is going to be a really good match between two great teams.
The South African team also wanted to bat first. South African captain Aiden Markram said that we would have batted first too. But now we have a chance before the ball. So hopefully we will do well. Many times we have not been at our best, but still we have managed to win and that gives us confidence. It’s not possible to be perfect, but we want to get as close to it as possible.
India’s Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
South Africa plays XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Henrik Klaassen, David Miller, Marco Jensen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Enrich Noorkhia, Tabrez Shamsi.