India is going to face South Africa in the T20 World Cup final.
Rohit Sharma in T20 World Cup Final: When India faces South Africa in the final match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Team India will want to win the title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. It is worth noting that this time the final match of the World Cup will be played between India and South Africa (IND vs SA) on Saturday, June 29 at Kingston Oval ground in Barbados.
Before reaching the final, Team India defeated England in the semi-final under the captaincy of Rohit and made it to the T20 World Cup final for the third time. India has previously played the finals in 2007 and 2014.
On the other hand, after defeating England, Rohit Sharma became the first captain to win the most matches in the history of T20 International cricket, Rohit won his 49th match against England as captain.
Rohit Sharma’s performance in the T20 World Cup final
Let us tell you that the left-handed veteran batsman made his debut for India in the 2007 T20 World Cup against England. Although he did not get a chance to bat in this match, but after that he played a brilliant innings of 50* runs in 40 balls against South Africa, and remained unbeaten by scoring 8* runs in 5 balls against Australia in the semi-finals.
In the final held in Johannesburg, Rohit came to bat in the 16th over against Pakistan, and at that time India’s score was 111/4. Rohit played a brilliant innings of 30* runs in 16 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six, and took India’s score to 157 runs. By winning the match, India won the first ICC T20 World Cup.
After this, Rohit played the final match of the year 2014 for the Indian team against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. In this match, as an opening batsman, Rohit scored 29 runs in 26 balls. Kohli scored 77 runs in the match and took India’s score to 130 runs, which Sri Lanka later achieved with 13 balls to spare.
If we talk about Rohit Sharma’s performance in the T20 World Cup final, he has scored a total of 59 runs for the Indian team in 2 final matches at an average of 29.50 and a strike rate of 140.47. Rohit would like to improve his performance against South Africa.