India, winners of Inaugural edition (2007) of T20 WC , will play their 3rd final against South Africa, who’re playing their maiden T20 Wc Final.
Head To Head :
India faced South Africa 6 times in T20 Wc, out of which India have an upper hand having won 4 of them.
Match Details
India vs South Africa , June 29, 8:00 PM IST
Venue :
The biggest Caribbean venue in terms of permanent capacity (28,000), the Kensington Oval is located in the west of the Barbadian capital. Cricket has been hosted at the ground for over 120 years, with matches featuring international touring teams as early as 1895.
The ground received upgrades ahead of the 2007 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, and was the venue for England’s T20 World Cup 2010 win over rivals Australia.
Expected Pitch Conditions
Kensington Oval has offered the most wickets to fast bowlers in the T20 World Cup: 59 at an average of 20.22 and economy rate of 7.88. There’s been one total above 200 but the rest fit in a range between 109 and 181 (the latter made by India at the only game either of these finalists have played at the venue this World Cup).
The final will be played on pitch No. 4, which was used for the games between Namibia and Oman, and Scotland and England. It’s the fourth pitch of eight on the square, so neither boundary should be significantly longer than the other.
Journey to Final for both Teams
Both India and South Africa have got into the Final undefeated.
India
India defeated Ireland, Pakistan, USA in group stage & in Super 8 conquered mighty Afghans Australians & Bangladesh. In semi finals they crushed England.
South Africa
South Africa went undefeated in group stage , after close battles with Netherlands, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
In Group Stage they defeated USA, England, West Indies.
They demolished Afghanistan in Semi Final.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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.
Expected Playing 11 :
India :
(1) Rohit Sharma (c)
(2) Virat Kohli
(3) Risabh Pant (Wk)
(4) Surya Kumar Yadav
(5) Shivam Dube
(6) Hardik Pandya
(7) Ravindra Jadeja
(8) Axar Patel
(9) Jasprit Bumrah
(10) Kuldeep Yadav
(11) Arshdeep Singh
South Africa :
(1) Quinton De Kock (Wk)
(2) Reeza Hendricks
(3) Aiden Markram (C)
(4) Heinrich Klaasen
(5) David Miller
(6) Tristan Stubbs
(7) Marco Jansen
(8) Keshav Maharaj
(9) Kagiso Rabada
(10) Anrich Nortje
(11) Tabraiz Shamsi
