Cricket-India elect to bat in T20 World Cup final v South Africa
Cricket - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - Final - India v South Africa - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - June 29, 2024 General view of India fans in the stands before the match REUTERS/Ash Allen
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the final of the Twenty20 World Cup against South Africa at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Saturday.
Cricket - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - Final - India v South Africa - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - June 29, 2024 India fan waves a flag before the match REUTERS/Ash Allen
The summit clash features the 20-team tournament's two unbeaten sides both of which fielded unchanged sides for the match.
India won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2007 but are without a global title since 2013.
South Africa have made the final of a World Cup in any format for the first time.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Cricket - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 - Final - India v South Africa - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - June 29, 2024 General view of the ICC T20 World Cup trophy before the match REUTERS/Ash Allen
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Clare Fallon)