T20 World Cup final: India win toss, elect to bat first against SA

WEB DESK: India won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 being played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.

India in trouble:

India are in trouble as Suryakumar Yadav has been dismissed by Klaasen off Rabada. They are now at 34/3.

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First innings update:

India set 177-run target for South Africa.

Despite losing three wickets in the powerplay, India performed admirably to reach a total of 176 for 7.

SA need 177 runs to win

South Africa need 68 runs in 42 balls with six wickets in hand.

Playing XI

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rishabh Pant (wk), 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: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Aiden Markram (capt), 4 David Miller, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Heinrich Klaasen 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi

South Africa is making its inaugural appearance in the final of a men’s ICC World Cup. Both teams remain undefeated throughout the competition.

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