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Tonight at 8 pm, India and South Africa will compete to win the World Cup 2024 title at the Barbados Stadium. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is in great form. South African de Kock’s bat is in progress. The problem for Indian fans is the form of Virat Kohli and the biggest fear of South Africa is the taint of chokers that has been there for 32 years.
Both the teams have not lost a single match till the final. Both have match winners, game changers. There are some strengths and also some weaknesses. let’s watch…
strength of india
1. Batting
Chased 2 times in 7 matches of World Cup. That too on a very difficult pitch in Nassau and won both the matches. In one the target was 96 and the other was 110. Sri Lanka was all out for 77 runs on this pitch.
Challenge in front of batting – Yanson and Rabada
- Kagiso Rabada has dismissed India’s top scorer Rohit Sharma twice in 8 T20 matches. Rohit has been able to score 52 runs against him.
- In the 7 matches of this tournament, Virat Kohli was out 4 times by right hand pacers and 2 times by left hand pacers. Rabada has dismissed him once. Left arm pacer Marco Yanson is also present.
2. bowling
Indian bowlers did not allow the opposition team to chase the target 5 times. A team like Pakistan was not allowed to score 119 runs. Ireland has all out Afghanistan and England. The bowler has taken 40 wickets in 7 matches.
De Kock is a challenge for bowling, Jadeja is in trouble
- Opener Quinton de Kock is South Africa’s top scorer. In T-20, he has scored 312 runs in 10 matches against India and has also scored 4 fifties. He can become a challenge for the Indian bowlers.
- Ravindra Jadeja has been able to take only one wicket in this World Cup. The team is waiting for his return to form. His bowling can become a problem against South Africa.
strength of south africa
1. batting
In 8 World Cup matches, South Africa has won by chasing 4 times. The team scored 194 runs against the American team on the pitch of Antigua. Such a pitch, where Oman’s team was all out for 47 runs.
Challenge for batting- Arshdeep and Akshar
- Arshdeep has dismissed South Africa’s top scorer Quinton de Kock twice in T-20 International. De Kock could score only 12 runs on Arshdeep’s ball. Arshdeep is continuously taking wickets in power play and death overs.
- Akshar Patel has also sent him to the pavilion once. He has scored only 22 runs on 18 balls against Akshar.
2. bowling
South African bowlers have all out 2 teams. The team had bowled out Afghanistan for 56 runs in the first semi-final, which had caused three consecutive upsets. On the strength of the bowlers, the team did not allow the opposition team to chase the target in 4 out of 8 matches. Twice in these, South Africa had given a target of less than 120. The bowler has taken 41 wickets in 8 matches.
The. Challenge from African bowlers: Rohit, Surya and Kohli
- Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli can trouble the African bowlers. All three have scored more than 300 runs against South Africa.
- Marco Janson can become a problem for the South African team. Yanson is taking one wicket in 27 balls. Whereas other bowlers of the team are taking wickets on fewer balls.
