INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: ICC ANNOUNCES NAMES OF UMPIRES AND OFFICIALS FOR T20 WORLD CUP 2024 FINAL
Team India will face South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday (29th June). Both the teams have remained unbeaten throughout the tournament and it will be a contest between two evenly matched sides. Rohit Sharma-led India defeated England by 68 runs in the semi-final while South Africa beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the other semi-final.
Before the T20 World Cup 2024 final, ICC have revealed the names of the officials for the IND vs SA final.
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Here are the match officials for the IND vs SA final in Barbados.
On field: Chris Gaffaney, Richard Illingworth
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough
4th umpire: Rodney Tucker
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T20 World Cup 2024: India thump England in semis
India flaunted their superabundance of talent in a display of absolute dominance to storm into the final of the T20 World Cup with a 68-run shellacking of England in their semi-final here on Thursday.
Leading the charge once again was their inspirational skipper Rohit Sharma, who laid the foundation with an aggressive 57 off 39 balls, and the captain was well-supported by Suryakumar Yadav (47 off 36), as India posted 171 for seven after being asked to bat first in the rain-hit match.
In reply, England were bowled out for 103 in 16.4 overs as India set up a title clash with first-timers South Africa in Barbados on Saturday. This is India's third entry into the final of the tournament.
Hardik Pandya chipped in with a 13-ball 23, striking two sixes at a crucial juncture to prop up India.
On a slow, holding pitch with low bounce, left-arm Axar Patel (3/23) helped India tightened their grip on the match with his brilliant bowling, while his slow-bowling colleague Kuldeep Yadav (3/19) caused the damage in the middle overs.
The Indian team thus exacted revenge for the crushing 10-wicket loss it endured against the defending champions in the 2022 semifinal of the mega-event at the Adelaide Oval.
In the process, Rohit became the first Indian captain to lead the country in three ICC global finals in a space of 12 months -- 2023 World Test Championship, 2023 ODI World Cup and now the T20 World Cup.
(with PTI inputs)
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