India vs South Africa, 2024 T20 World Cup Final: Toss result and playing 11s for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report
India will take on South Africa in the ICC Men's 2024 T20 World Cup final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Both the Men in Blue and the Proteas are unbeaten in the tournament. India haven't won the T20 World Cup since the inaugural edition in 2007, while South Africa are appearing in their first-ever men's World Cup final in any format.
Team India secured a berth in the final by getting the better of 2022 champions England by 68 runs in the second semifinal in Guyana. Sent into bat, India put up 171-7 on the board as Rohit Sharma top-scored with 57 off 39, while Suryakumar Yadav contributed 47 off 36. Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav then claimed three scalps each as England were bowled out for 103.
South Africa had it rather easy in their semifinal against Afghanistan in Trinidad. Bowling first, the Proteas bundled out the Asian side for 56 in 11.5 overs as Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi claimed three wickets each. In the chase, South Africa romped home in 8.5 overs, with nine wickets in hand.
Today's IND vs SA toss result
India have won toss bat and have opted to bat first. Speaking about the decision, Rohit Sharma said:
“Looks a good pitch. We have played one game here, so the scores have been pretty good.”
Both Team India and South Africa are going in with unchanged squads for the mega final.
IND vs SA - Today's match playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa: 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
Today's IND vs SA pitch report
In his pitch report, Ian Bishop says that a fair bit of rolling has been done on the surface. There is no live grass to hold it together, he points out. The former West Indies pacer reckons that it will be fairly hard to start with, so the ball could come on to the bat nicely. One of the interesting numbers is that more wickets have fallen to pacers here, he concludes.
Today's IND vs SA match players list
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal
South Africa squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Bjorn Fortuin, Ryan Rickelton, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee
IND vs SA - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Chris Gaffaney, Richard Illingworth
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough
Match Referee: Richie Richardson