After 52 matches in the T20 World Cup 2024, the day of the tournament's grand finale has arrived. If rain does not disrupt on June 29, the winner of this tournament will be decided within a few hours from now. South Africa and Team India have reached Barbados for the title battle of the world champion. During the tournament, both the teams have defeated every opposing team that came in front of them so far. Team India under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is in the mood to end the trophy drought of 11 years. At the same time, South Africa will enter the field with the aim of writing a new history by removing the tag of chokers of 32 years.

After losing two finals of the ICC tournament, Rohit Sharma will be in tension before this high voltage match, but knowing this truth of South Africa, Indian fans will also have fun with him.

South African batsmen failed

South Africa have not lost a single match in the T20 World Cup 2024, but batting has been their weak link during this period. Their weakest link in batting has been opener Reeza Hendricks. He has scored only 109 runs in 8 matches. The most worrying thing is that he has not been in rhythm and has batted very slowly in the powerplay.

Although Quinton de Kock has scored the most runs in this tournament for South Africa, he is not scoring runs consistently. He has been able to score only 204 runs in 8 matches. In the semi-finals too, he was out after scoring only 5 runs in 8 balls.

David Miller has been the most successful batsman against India. He has scored 431 runs in 20 T20 matches against India at an average of 43, but since coming to West Indies in this tournament, he has not been in form. Miller has so far been able to score only 148 runs at a strike rate of 100. Miller finishes the match in the lower order for South Africa, but West Indies have failed to do so.

In such a situation, this can prove beneficial for India on the day of the final.

Middle order is a cause of trouble

The middle order of a team is considered its backbone, but in this tournament, this bone of South Africa has looked weak and has become a cause of trouble for the team. Captain Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and Tristan Stubbs bat in the middle overs for South Africa. Their statistics in this tournament will bring happiness to captain Rohit Sharma. All these three batsmen have not batted as per their names.

Markram has scored 119 runs, Stubbs has scored 134 and Klaasen has scored only 138 runs. Not only this, all three have batted very slowly. The strike rate of all three has been around 100.

Markram has scored 119 runs, Stubbs has scored 134 and Klaasen has scored only 138 runs. Not only this, all three have batted very slowly. The strike rate of all three has been around 100.