Indian cricketer Shivam Dube batting against South Africa. (Photo: ICC)
India has set a 177-run target for South Africa in the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup underway in West Indies on Saturday.
Electing to bat first after winning the toss, India notched up 176 runs losing seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Virat Kohli topped the score with six fours and two sixes off 59 balls followed by Axar Patel with 47 runs. Patel hit one four and four sixes of 31 deliveries.
Similarly, Shivam Dube contributed 27 runs including three fours and one six off 16 balls. The other batsmen could not achieve double-digit runs.
In reply, Keshav Maharaj and Anrich Nortje took two wickets each while Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada claimed one wicket each for South Africa.
India entered the final of the ICC World Cup by defeating England by 68 runs. Similarly, South Africa entered the final by defeating Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the semifinal of the ICC World Cup.
India Team
Rohit Sharma (c)
Virat Kohli
Rishabh Pant
Suryakumar Yadav
Shivam Dube
Hardik Pandya
Ravindra Jadeja
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Arshdeep Singh
Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa Team
Quinton de Kock
Reeza Hendricks
Aiden Markram (c)
Heinrich Klaasen
David Miller
Tristan Stubbs
Marco Jansen
Keshav Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Anrich Nortje
Tabraiz Shamsi
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