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T20 World Cup 2024, IND vs SA Final Match Preview

28 June 2024No Comments
T20 World Cup 2024, IND vs SA Final Match Preview


Match Details

India vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2024 Final
Bridgetown, June 29, 10.30am local time, 2.30pm GMT

Big picture – it’s just one cup…right?

Obviously, there are no fairy tales in life, but sports do a lot to make up for that, to the extent that they provide gifts like this Saturday, when at the end of 40 overs – including a Super Over – 11 players will realise that the difference between fantasy and reality is that the fantasy was never that good.

What will this be like for South Africa? Initially, they might not even play in this World Cup. Then, they changed some things that desperately needed to be changed and since then they have become experts in doing the impossible. Jonty Rhodes Turning Off Gravity Twenty-two runs in 1992 on 1 ball. Lance Klusener overturning the natural order Allan Donald was run out without a bat in 1999. No team in these tournaments has such a rich history, good or bad, and perhaps no team has. No team wants thatIf Aiden Markram finds himself on that podium, it will be an overwhelming feeling, as he will be joined by an entire nation who at one point thought they would never see that day.

There are people in India who may have felt the same way November 19, 2023Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid, for example. Their days are already numbered. The coach is about to leave and the captain probably doesn’t have much time left either. But, together, they are responsible for taking a great team out of its comfort zone and into a place where anything seems possible. All of this – the acceptance that what they were doing in T20 cricket wasn’t working and the commitment to stick to this new path despite considerable personal setbacks – is in search of silverware.

For 40 overs – Super Over or not – the ball and bat they have in their hands won’t matter much. But after that, whether they win or lose, both India and South Africa should be reminded that they are great teams and extraordinary people. They should be able to share their love with their families. Spend time with colleagues. Run after their kids. Enjoy the compassion of their fans. If any of this depends on the colour of the medal around their necks, we are doing something really wrong.

Form Guide

India WWWWW (last five completed T20Is, most recent first)
South Africa www.www …

In the spotlight – Jasprit Bumrah and Heinrich Klaasen

Sometimes it seems unfair that Jasprit Bumrah You get to bowl four overs in a T20 match. Depending on the allegiance, that is either too many or too few. For a sport that is built around pure spectacle, there is no better ambassador than the man who blows away wickets, impacts the bat, pad and even the mind of opposition batsmen, and does it all with a smile on his face.

Heinrich Classen He is also in good touch with the forces that make the ordinary extraordinary. He shows the ball new places and the ball flies with ease. He has not been at his destructive best yet in this World Cup, but the point is that players of his calibre rarely go too long without contributing.

Team News

India have reached the final with six wins out of seven matches (one cancelled due to rain) and in almost all of them, they have dominated. The only time they were really challenged was three weeks ago, after being bundled out for 119 against Pakistan on a treacherous New York pitch. South Africa have reached the final with seven wins out of seven and they have come through tough situations. Each time, when the game was on the line and the pressure was at its peak, they coped. Given this entire context, it is unlikely that any team will make any changes (unless South Africa decide that the conditions demand an extra seamer).

India (Probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (captain), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa (Probable): 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Aiden Markram (c), 4 David Miller, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Heinrich Klaasen 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi/Ottneil Bartman

Pitch and conditions – fiery conditions again

Outside New York, Kensington Oval has produced the most wickets for fast bowlers in a T20 World Cup: 59 wickets at an average of 20.22 and an economy rate of 7.88. There has been one score above 200, but the rest have ranged between 109 and 181 (the latter being the only match India played in this World Cup).

The final will be played on pitch number 4, which was used for games between Namibia and OmanAnd Scotland and EnglandThis is the fourth pitch of eight on the square, so no boundary should be longer than the other.

there is one Risk of rain There will be a reserve day in this final but there will also be a reserve day in this.

Stats and Trivia

  • This is only the seventh T20 World Cup match between India and South Africa. The first four matches were held in a five-year time frame between 2007 and 2012.
  • This tournament has never had a champion who remained undefeated. That is about to change now.
  • There is not much difference between India and South Africa in terms of bowling: 56 wickets at an average of 15.21 and an economy rate of 6.42 vs 59 wickets at an average of 15.23 and an economy rate of 5.95
  • But the batting story is different. India have an average of 25.80 and a strike rate of 132.13, with six scores in excess of fifty. South Africa have an average of 21.90 and a strike rate of 106.14, with three scores in excess of fifty.

Citation

“You know, I don’t really believe in ‘do it for someone’. I love that quote where someone asks someone, ‘Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?’ and he says ‘I want to climb Mount Everest because it’s there’. I want to win this World Cup because it’s there. It’s not for anyone, it’s not for anybody, it’s just to win”
India Coach Rahul Dravid About the #DoItForDravid campaign

“It’s a game of cricket. Someone has to win and someone has to lose eventually. That’s the name of the game. You take it as you please. However, winning close games and potentially winning games you thought you wouldn’t win gives you confidence. It does a lot for your changing room and the atmosphere in the changing room.”
South Africa captain Aiden Markram About reaching the finals after winning many close matches

Alagappan Muthu is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo


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