There can be no doubt that the best sides in the competition have made it to Saturday’s showpiece.
India and South Africa are competing to rewrite their stories in a titanic T20 World Cup final, as the tournament’s two unbeaten teams go head to head at the Kensington Oval.
The Proteas have won eight from eight, sometimes by tighter margins than they would like, while only a washout against Canada has held up a star-studded India squad’s onward march over the past month.But both sides are looking to shake off an unwanted reputation. South Africa are into the final for the first time ever, overcoming a litany of near misses, as they look to banish the cruel tag of ‘chokers’ for good.
In the past decade they have finished as runners-up five times across three formats, coming up short in the 2014’s T20 World Cup, the 2017 Champions Trophy, last year’s 50-over World Cup on home soil and two World Test Championship finals.South Africa captain Aiden Markram has gone further than illustrious predecessors like Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis ever did, but he insists their efforts echo even now within his own side.
“To be making them proud and to have their support means a hell of a lot to us as a team. I don’t see it as just me who has got us in this position, it’s a squad effort. We have been on a journey and now that journey has got us here to our first final.For India head coach Rahul Dravid, who leads his country for the final time and hopes to sign off in style, the message is to stay in the present and move on from past failures.
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