India will face South Africa in the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday.

Over the years, final has witnessed some of best T20I knocks that have changed the course of the game or has put the team in a dominating position.

Here are the top five best knocks in T20 World Cup finals that resulted in the team in winning:

1) Marlon Samuels (West Indies, 2016) – West Indies in T20 World Cup final and Samuels. This time during the 2016 against England when once again West Indies was in trouble after being reduced to 11/3 inside three overs chasing 156.

Coming to bat at three, Samuels remained unbeaten on 85 to help his team chase down the total in the last over.

2) Marlon Samuels (West Indies, 2012) – One of the iconic performances in T20 World Cup history came during the 2012 final by Samuels, who scored a 56-ball 78 against Sri Lanka in Colombo. West Indies had lost two early wickets when Samuels took the responsibility and took the team total to 137/6. To add more to it, he then picked a wicket in his four overs while giving away just 15 runs as West Indies won by 36 runs.

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Australia’s Mitchell Marsh smashed an unbeaten 77 during 2021 final.
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