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BARBADOS: Pacers forced a comeback of the ages and steered India to edge past South Africa and win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

SA 169/8 (20 Overs)

Pandya bowls the final over

SA 161/6 (19 Overs)

Arshdeep bowls the penultimate over

SA 157/6 (18 Overs)

Bumrah bowls his last

SA 155/5 (17 Overs)

Pandya returns

SA 151/4 (16 Overs)

Bumrah comes back

SA 147/4 (15 Overs)

Axar bowls his last

SA 123/4 (14 Overs)

Kuldeep continues

SA 109/4 (13 Overs)

Arshdeep comes back

SA 101/3 (12 Overs)

Kuldeep replaces Pandya

SA 93/3 (11 Overs)

Ravindra Jadeja comes on

SA 81/3 (10 Overs)

Hardik Pandya brought into the attack

SA 71/3 (9 Overs)

8.5: Stubbs steps across and Axar fires it full and at the stumps, bowls him around his legs as he misses the sweep.

Axar bowls his third

SA 62/2 (8 Overs)

Kuldeep continues

SA 49/2 (7 Overs)

Axar continues

SA 42/2 (6 Overs)

More spin as Kuldeep Yadav bowls his first

SA 32/2 (5 Overs)

Axar Patel comes on

SA 22/2 (4 Overs)

Bumrah continues

SA 14/2 (3 Overs)

Arshdeep continues

SA 11/1 (2 Overs)

1.3: Bumrah dismisses Hendricks with a peach. Perfect length to hit the top of the off stump after angling in and veering away so, so late to beat the outside edge as Hendricks looks to defend with a straight bat.

Jasprit Bumrah bowls from the other end

SA 6/0 (1 Over)

Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock come out to open the innings for South Africa. Arshdeep Singh bowls the first over.

INDIA vs SOUTH AFRICA (2nd INNINGS)

BARBADOS: Star batter Virat Kohli scored a gutsy half-century and powered India to a commendable total against South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

IND 176/7 (20 Overs)

Nortje bowls the final over

IND 167/5 (19 Overs)

Jansen bowls the penultimate over

IND 150/4 (18 Overs)

Rabada bowls his last

IND 134/4 (17 Overs)

Nortje replaces Jansen

IND 126/4 (16 Overs)

Shamsi replaces Rabada

IND 118/4 (15 Overs)

Jansen replaces Nortje

IND 108/4 (14 Overs)

13.3: De Kock picks up an attempted flick off the legs from Kohli, swooping and shying at the far end! The ball beats Axar.

Rabada comes back

IND 98/3 (13 Overs)

Nortje replaces Jansen

IND 93/3 (12 Overs)

Shamsi continues

IND 82/3 (11 Overs)

Jansen comes back

IND 75/3 (10 Overs)

Tabraiz Shamsi into the attack

IND 68/3 (9 Overs)

Maharaj replaces Nortje

IND 59/3 (8 Overs)

Markram continues

IND 49/3 (7 Overs)

Anrich Nortje comes into the attack

IND 45/3 (6 Overs)

Aiden Markram comes into the attack

IND 39/3 (5 Overs)

4.3: Rabada joins the party, dismisses Suryakumar Yadav. He steps across to a back-of-a-length ball angled in towards the stumps and whips it away, but close enough to fine leg where Klaasen moves to his left and take a well-judged catch.

Rabada continues

IND 32/2 (4 Overs)

Maharaj continues

IND 26/2 (3 Overs)

Kagiso Rabada comes into the attack

IND 23/2 (2 Overs)

1.6: Maharaj strikes again as Rishabh Pant perishes. A fuller delivery, Pant goes for the sweep but only manages a top edge of the toe end, skying the ball straight to de Kock behind the stumps.

1.4: Maharaj removes Rohit! Floated up slower delivery and he stretches out to sweep but ends up hitting it in the air to the left of square leg, where Heinrich Klaasen takes a good, low diving catch two-handed.

Keshav Maharaj bowls from the other end.

IND 15/0 (1 Over)

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli come out to open the innings for India. Marco Jansen bowls the first over.

INDIA vs SOUTH AFRICA (1st INNINGS)

BRIDGETOWN: India have won the toss and opted to bat first against South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final here at Kensington Oval on Saturday.

PLAYING XIs

Both teams are unchanged for the T20 World Cup 2024 Final.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.

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Speaking at the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma stated he asked his team to stay calm while acknowledging South Africa’s dominant performance in the tournament.

“It’s just about understanding the individual role, keep calm, and play like it’s an international match against a top team. South Africa have played really good cricket in this tournament, we have played really good cricket too, two quality teams,” said Sharma.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s captain Aiden Markram shared that he would have chosen to bat on this pitch. He further stated that his side would be aiming to be at their best and play without any pressure.

“At times probably were not at our best, but we’ve found a way to win. Today we’re striving for that perfect game, even if perfect is not attainable. It’s a fantastic opportunity, no pressure for us, we’ve never been in a final. You can’t win a trophy if you aren’t in the final,” said Markram.

HEAD TO HEAD

India and South Africa have faced each other 26 times in T20 Internationals with the formers having a slight edge in the head-to-head record.

Matches 26, India 14, South Africa 11, NR 1

FORM GUIDE

Both finalists boast a perfect record in the ongoing tournament as they are unbeaten in the tournament.

South Africa defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets in a one-sided affair in the first semi-final in Trinidad, whereas, India edged past defending champions England in the second semi-final in Guyana to book their spot in the final.

India: W, W, W, W, W (most recent first)

South Africa: W, W, W, W, W

READ: Chris Gayle shares his prediction for T20 World Cup 2024 final

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