"Has woken up everyone in Barbados" - Fans react to Ravi Shastri's presentation at toss of IND vs SA 2024 T20 World Cup final
Ravi Shastri was at his entertaining best at the toss of the 2024 T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa on Saturday, June 29. The all-important summit clash is taking place at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
The cricketer-turned-commentator hyped the ultimate showdown of the ongoing ICC event by introducing the two captains, Rohit Sharma and Aiden Markram, in his vintage energetic fashion. Shastri also used boxing references to hype up the contest.
You can watch the video of the toss below:
Several fans took to social media, reacting to Shastri's action-packed presentation at the toss. Here are some of the top reactions:
A few fans seemed amused by Shastri hyping the 2024 T20 World Cup final by using boxing references.
"Ravi Shastri toss to ese shuru karwata hai jaise WWE match ho (Ravi Shastri starts the toss like it is a WWE match)." wrote a fan
"Ravi shastri at toss is a vibe." commented another
"Ravi Shastri with a very interesting and funny boxing like coin toss presentation." chimed in yet another
India won the toss and chose to bat first in 2024 T20 World Cup final
The 2024 T20 World Cup final promises to be a closely contested battle given that both India and South Africa are unbeaten in the tournament. Rohit Sharma won the toss for India and chose to bat first.
At the toss, he said:
"We're going to bat first, looks a good pitch. We've played one game here, the scores have been really good. Just about understanding individual roles, I know it's a big occasion but it's important to remain calm and play it like it's another international game against a good team.
"South Africa have played some good cricket but so have we. It's going to be a really good game between two quality teams. Different individuals have stepped up at different times and that's what we're looking forward to today as well."
Here are the two playing XIs for the 2024 T20 World Cup final:
IND: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
SA: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi