Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will be competing against Aiden Markram's South Africa in the Final of the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, on June 29 (Saturday). This is the grand finale of this mega tournament and the for the first time ever two unbeaten sides will be competeing in the Final of a T20 World Cup. With the trophy on line, everyone has their eyes on this clash but is also worried that rain and bad weather might play spoilsport during the match proceedings. Both teams will be eyeing to end their trophy drought.
Both India and South Africa have been on undefeated in this tournament so far. The Men in Blue are on a dominant run and have picked up thumping wins in all of their matches. On the other hand, the first-time finalists are undefeated but almost all their matches were extremely close
Barbados weather forecast
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The Barbados weather forecast predicts thunderstorms and heavy chances of rain. The precipitation chances will go up to 70 per cent, so it will likely be playing spoilsport. A couple of games were abandoned due to rain earlier as well but hopefully, this won't be the sight during tomorrow's game and the match can proceed and have a result even with a few interruptions. We can constantly expect a stop-start type of game. ICC has allotted 190 minutes of extra time to deal with the rain threat and allow the ground staff to get the ground ready.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
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