T20 World Cup 2024 final schedule confirmed

The schedule for the T20 World Cup 2024 final has been confirmed after India defeated England by 68 runs in the second semi-final at Guyana's Providence Stadium.

Rohit Sharma and Co, took their revenge of 2022 and set up the final against South Africa, who defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets in the first semi-final in Tarouba. Both teams are undefeated in the competition.

The iconic Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the final on June 29.

T20 World Cup 2024 final schedule

Final— June 29, 7:30PM (PST):

South Africa vs India @ Kensington Oval, Barbados

Chasing the 172-run target, England had a good start as in the first three overs, they had scored 26 runs without losing a single wicket. Jos Buttler looked in good touch but he was dismissed by Axar Patel on the first ball of the fourth over.

England never recovered after losing their skipper as Jasprit Bumrah increased their troubles by removing Phil Salt’s stumps.

India’s spin department continued to dominate the defending champions as Jonny Bairstow (0 off 3), Moeen Ali (8 off 10), Sam Curran (2 off 4) and Liam Livingstone (11 of 16), all failed to score big for the team.

Harry Brook provided some resistance by contributing 25 runs on 19 balls but he was removed by Kuldeep Yadav. Jofra Archer was the third top-scorer for England with 21 runs on 14 balls.

For India, Patel and Kuldeep bagged three wickets each while Bumrah got two as the entire English team was out for 103 runs in 16.4 overs.

In the first innings, India didn’t have a great start as Virat Kohli, once again, failed to perform in the ongoing tournament as he was bowled by Reece Topley after just scoring nine runs.

Following Kohli’s dismissal, Rishabh Pant too walked back to the pavilion after scoring just four runs, leaving India 40-2 in 5.2 overs.

However, after losing two wickets, India bounced back as Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma formed a 73-run partnership. The Hitman completed his half-century but fell to Adil Rashid’s googly after contributing 57 runs.

Yadav continued India’s attack after Sharma’s dismissal but he missed his half-century by just three runs by losing his wicket to Jofra Archer.

India lost wickets in quick succession with Hardik Pandya (23 off 13), and Shivam Dube (0 off 1), but Ravindra Jadeja (17 off 9) and Axar Patel (10 off 6) propelled India to 171 in the allocated overs.

For England, Chris Jordan picked three, while Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Reece Topley bagged one wicket each.

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