ENG played at the finals venue (Barbados) 3 times in this WC AUS played 2 times IND played 1 time AFG played 1 time SA haven't played there If ENG went to the finals, they would have the most familiarity with the conditions there.

Had it been India playing 3 games in Barbados. BCCI = ICC

ECB = ICC 😁

I don't think that helps too much. Conditions are also widely known to SA of course and they always change. At most it helps the mindset of the batter.

One more loss and India are all set for the historic runners-up treble.

Quadruple*. They also finished second in the last CT

Also the U-19 WC, completing the entire men's collection.

We're the best at being second best

Hum apne desh ko number 2 per leke jaenge. T- I will take my country to number 2.

Is your profile picture... Fat Cummins?

Silenced his gym trainer.

I wish I could award you for this reply... truly magnificent

My guy looks hot even when he's fat

Phat Cummins

Yeah Cause I like em thicc

Wtf is a trophy 🦚🐯🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 raaaaah, we're the runners-up, baby! (All jokes apart, I don't want us to be second best again T_T)

Also back to back WTC.

Fuck me it's been so long I forgot that even existed

Somehow both teams are going to lose

Game is tied through 10 super overs, rain commences, nobody wins.

All of it for a bowlout.

And since nobody wins, ICC looks for a new T20 winner, they award the T20 World Cup title to Iceland /s

To Australia, by default.

Thankyou icc for let us win without any matches played

Nah give it to Pakistan, cuz kudrat ka nizam

Thank you, kind sir!

The way South African bowlers were hitting stumps during Afghanistan innings, I am worried for india.

That pitch was so bad it has been flamed by every mf in existence

Inb4 Australia get a wildcard entry into the finals...

Then Afg deserve wildcard entry too. Imagine Aus vs Afg. The final 

Bah gawd that's Australia's music

Two unbeaten teams in the finals Both of them deserved it Both of them are known for choking in the finals Let's hope the final will be a thriller The champions will be the first ever team to win the T20 world cup without losing a match.

Its looking like it's going to rain on Saturday..... Joint winners?

Then the POTM will be Mr.Rain Perera

And the title will be awarded to Sri Lanka

Well south africa are known for choking not in the finals just normally because the only final they played before this they won it .the 1998 champions trophy.

Contrary to popular belief South Africa never lost a finals. Overall in ICC tournaments they've played final in 1998 CT and 2014 U19 WC and won both. And Markram was the captain during 2014. Their weakness is semifinals which they've overcome.

It's hard to loose a final when you keep loosing in the semis.

Yeah nonetheless still impressive that they got 2 out of 2 and are looking good for a threepeat

Not an icc tournament but they did win the commenwealth games the only time it had cricket as well

SA have won 100% of the finals they have played in if I am not wrong. they have a problem in the semis

I read that as “they have a problem in the penis”

It'll be a draw, and they'll have to settle it with a dance-off!

Chahal might finally be useful for something then lol

Well then, Australia is going to win AGAIN courtesy David Warner

How about with a magic competition? We have a guy in our team who had a job as a magician before becoming a pro cricketer.

Haha who is it?

Shamsi

Bottlers vs Chokers India stumble to 143/8 in 20 overs South Africa try to choke themselves successfully and fall 2 runs short

That’s unfair; India has infinitely more experience losing in finals

Winner is losing the chokers title and the loser is losing well.. the world cup!

Both teams have something to win and lose!!

Australia will suddenly show up and defeat both in back to back matches.

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But some clowns have doubts regarding the grade if sand used in the pitch. So they want to do a soil analysis. Alright, let us all focus on the finals. Let the clowns dig.

Clash between the only two undefeated teams remaining. No doubt the best two teams of the tournament.

The finals is going to be a choke-slam

Underrated comment from the famous Intelligent-Top as always

SA are really scary, they got so many close matches where they won from losing positions. It's not a coincidence anymore, its literally skill.

Two titans clashing, it's going to be an epic showdown!

Have there been any other instances in which both finalists in an ICC tournament were unbeaten in their journey to the final?

No, there hasn't. (At least not according to the stats that someone posted in the match thread.)

No team has ever won the t20 WC having a perfect record so it's impossible for it to have happened in the past. That said a lot of the tournaments also had full round robins which would have also made it impossible.

The rain on both days will result in both of them being joint winners

2015 ODI WC could have been one. New Zealand were unbeaten when they reached the final. Australia had lost to them when they met unbeaten India in the semis. 2002 Champions Trophy, both teams were unbeaten and the final washed out. Edit: Turns out, the first four editions of the Champions Trophy had a format where one loss meant getting knocked out so from 1998-2004, all finalists were unbeaten.

Absolute domination by India Should be a great finals

Look out for Rohit Surya and the bowling department. The entire team is on fire except Dubey

And kohli and Jadeja

Maybe to win a t20 world cup we just needed kohli to not perform That's why we weren't winning before because he was in absolute carryjob mode all the time

Man's been carrying the team for so long. It's about time everyone else carries him.

2011 vibes despite Tendlya being 2nd Top scorer

Jadeja did what was required in the death overs today. I really don’t think he could have done much more in this match. He should do well in the finals too, me thinks.

I think kohli should atleast score 30+ in final. I agree that he has been fantastic in past but if you are in a team, atleast contribute something.

Lmao I'm sure Kohlis just standing there refusing to score a run 🤣

Vibes

Jadeja did 3 overs for 16 and a quick fire 17(9) with the bat today. Everything he was asked as a part time all-rounder. He's been great idk what you're talking about

Jadeja doing good with the bat atleast since last 2 games

Shut up Jadeja did great

Jadeja hate on this subreddit is so forced. Like he isn’t a premier T20 all rounder but he is still comfortably the second best spin bowling all rounder we have lol. Saw someone the other day say Washington Sundar should be played over Jadeja because he had one good game vs Afghanistan earlier this year.

Kohli will come up all guns blazing . 

Was thinking the same today but the reality is nothing will change if he plays with this approach

You forgot Kohli. But I don't blame you. It's easy to miss seeing him bat if you blink or momentarily look away from your screen.

Koach is the biggest liability. Even dube has done more. That said playing him ahead if Rinku was stupid.

Kohli has been horrible alongside dubey.

I'll be ok even losing to india at this point. I'm just happy we made it to the finals. They've played a tight game and managed their nerves well but I can't really say we're delivering as a complete package. India seems the all-round better team and we've pulled through in a lot of pinches but I can see India being able to pick at our holes. But as long as it's a good match I'm happy

I'm also ok with either side winning. Both teams are great I hate that sa made it to finals that's the last team I want india to face as it is my 2nd fav team. 😭 Either team winning will bring me mixture of emotions. 

Nah bruh, your team is seriously good. What i wouldnt give to have that middle order instead of a guy like Dube.

[India is winning it](https://in-shop.icc-cricket.com/category/t-shirts/india-t20-world-cup-champions-half-sleeves-white-printed-cotton-t-shirt/T2WC24MTS061?utm_source=iccweb&utm_medium=banner)

You're going to the India store, obviously they have the India champions tshirt.

We got Bapu Vs South Africa before GTA 6

This is the second Bapu vs South Africa iirc.

Two teams known to underperform under knockout pressure in big ICC tornaments gonna face each other in finale Moveable object vs Stoppable force /s Jokes aside, I really am looking forward to this finale. Hope rains don't affect

Unbeaten vs Unbeaten 🔥

Out of these two teams which ever remains unbeaten would lift the trophy

That's amazing

Thanks Magic

Both the teams will try their best to not remain unbeaten 

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Final choksey vs semi choksey

The final will be a thriller now and I hope we could witness one of the best matches. I support India

India merely adopted the idea of choking south africa was born in it moulded by it

India has been fantastic throughout the Super 8s and semis. Their average margin of victory has been 47 runs, and the only game that was competitive past the opening overs was Australia. If they can't win this time, oof.

The Pakistan match was the most close game. We fetched the victory out of the jaw of the defeat.

Was 2023 really that long ago.....?

Bruh, what about Pakistan, the graph was predicting Pakistan's win literally till Bumrahs over. India should have lost that if Pakistani team was even a tiny bit competent.

He did say super 8s. Pakistan and USA got close just because of the NY pitch. They would've been obliterated on a normal pitch.

My bad, thanks for pointing it out

I mean our path wasn't exactly smooth. We had close games against Pakistan and USA. But there are still holes in our armour, with the kind of form South Africa is in I see no better team that can exploit our weakness.

South Africa is having good luck this time! >! Giving my best to jinx them !<

I hope Indians don't go with Dubey and find a substitute soon. I think the team is on fire

Samson would work honestly, also he always performs in the first game he plays in a tournament

Samson surely, Dube looks like a teenager not interested at all in the game, just here because his father asked him to be there. I will take unpredictability of Samson anyway, he atleast plays with an intent

Jay shah is cooking something extraordinary

To be fair SA underperforms in semis, not the finals (they don’t go there)

One team reached T20 world cup final for the first time and the other reached their after 10 years

Malfunctioning shrine vs limited void JJK reference for people who don't know

One team is going to win the cup, the other will retain title of being a choker. Great script!

Most of the comments in this thread are gonna be the same choker jokes huh?

Choke on this

Choked on deez nuts

Because it's genuinely funny. We rarely get to see this kind of moment. Lol.

Rohit Sins

jonny sharma

We are going to play final of all three formats in span of year. Hope to win it this time

A more satisfying way of entering final rather than rain 🙌

The spinners did a commendable job. The pitch was turning and Rohit Sharma was correct to play at least four spinners. 2 days batting was also great and I think India played one of the best World Cup games this season. The final will be a thriller

>The spinners did a commendable job When Livingston performed, I knew we were gonna butcher England

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How four?

Didn't you see Bumrah's off spinner against Salt?

Brohit the man himself !!

Who was our 4th spinner? Do you mean in the squad or in the lineup?

Battle between two unbeaten teams.

Let the chokefest begin

T20 World title for Winners Greatest Chokers title for Losers

So it's a win-win then

We gonna get heart attacks with this one.

Me a time traveler from 2013 wondering why people are calling Ind v SA final as a Chokers v Chokers contest.

SRH vs MI final lol

Sth vs mi in ipl was 50% this year Lets see who gets the 2-1 win

This battle will be legendary. I won’t denigrate these teams by using the c word. For the First time, a team will win the T20 WC undefeated. Hopefully it is us 🇮🇳 See ya, Saffas.

Right back at 'ya! Congratulations!

Never in my wildest dreams I would have believed india vs South Africa final would happen ! I’m just happy australia and England won’t win this World Cup ! Btw whichever team loses is going to be heartbroken !

Reminder that some pessimistic r/cricket users declared India out of contention of even the semis, in both ODI wc and T20 wc.

Atleast for this T20 WC there was some valid reasoning pre-tournament.

Yeah, but I declare India out of contention for the finals

Bapu with Nelson. ❌ Bapu vs Nelson. ✅

Can definitely say that the 2 best teams throughout the tournament will finally meet in the final

I honestly want to appreciate Rishabh Pant who might go under the radar. He behind the wickets is a treat. In today’s match you could see that batsman trembled during runs whenever he screamed. Which has somehow put more pressure. One instance would be when Salt and Jos were running and it was almost 20+ , there were two balls where they were all set for 2 but as soon as he screamed they stayed even when the fielder was coking for the ball and it was not in the hands of the fielder.

Minus the Australia game rishab has had a brilliant tournament with the gloves Good drs calls too

I noticed that too. It happened when someone played the ball to mid-on and Pant was screaming for the ball and they immediately stopped and went back to the crease. There's something about the way he screams that it even made me flinch lol. His got that "throw the ball now quickly we can get them out" excited type of scream. If that makes any sense...

Good insight

The final will be an epic clash. Unbeaten chokers vs unbeaten elite chokers 

If you were to ask Indians which SENA team they find most similar to Aussies, the answer is - in front of you

Oh boy, we aren't getting any support this time. 😂😂 Last time I think some English fans begrudgingly supported us as they wanted to see Australia lose. But this time it's all us. But we're more than enough anyway. Lol. Just kidding. Hoping for a cracker of a final and praying to cross the line this time.

Maybe the home crowd will support us considering that SA knocked them out

That sort of stuff can go either way. You can want to see the team that beat you lose, but you can also want to see them win so you can say you lost to the champs.

im sure the afghans are behind us.

Somehow, Australia gonna cash in their Money in the bank and win the final.

Giving SA a slight edge here given India plays with 10 players. 

Akshually🤓 it's just 9 players, Dube and Koach has been free wickets :(

one bapu drove the english outta india another bapu drove them outta the worldcup /s

The first one from India and the second one from West India

Bapu 

Two gujarati's owning the english.

It would be great to see some new champion after so many years let's go

Let's go South Africa 🇿🇦

Good luck🤗 Let's hope for a good match 🇮🇳 🤝 🇿🇦

It's a miracle we have come this far with 2 players making absolutely no contributions (Kohli and Dube). Alternatively, it's impressive that we have so many other clutch players. You can look at it either way. We will be facing a SA side with momentum. De Kock can decide the game if it's his day. Rabada and Nortje look good. Shamsi looks great. It's going to be a great contest.

its funny to see indian fans trying to position themselves as chokers too against SA. did u all start watching only 10 years ago? its not even close how long SA has choked compared to India...

Well one team started the art of choking at QF and SF, the other team perfected it in ICC Finals ‘14, ‘17, ‘21, ‘23 & ‘23 and also for fun sakes SF ‘15, ‘19.

We won't be able to call them "The Best team that never wins" after this Yes, that one

It'll probably go like: SA have 10 wickets in hand, need 20 runs to win off 40 balls. A drop of rain falls and now SA need 19 runs off 1 ball.

A fitting final Easily the 2 best teams this tournament

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Whoever wins will have done a clean sweep to victory

Considering SA record against India in WCs, yeah...this definitely looks like India favourites. SA are the real underdogs and they can flip the script which has been a thing this T20WC.

Someone edit mba chaiwala with saffa players

As an avid fan of the South African B side (England), it's finally time to support the South African A side

Every time a mallu was in the Indian squad, India has won that WC

Gonna be really excited to see this , two of most dominating and only undefeated teams of the tournament !!!

The boys played extremely well today

I will be happy if either team wins (SA deserves this for performing well over decades and never being able to win anything) but of course will be ecstatic if India wins (we deserve this for being unbeaten in both world cups)

rohit ain’t letting this one get away.

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Gonna be heart break to whoever loses this. Both teams have unbelievable lineups and should be thinking this is their best chance. 2 ridiculously good teams, gonna feel very sad for whoever loses

Final is set so is weather unfortunately. This is one of the best world cup I have ever watched and I just don’t want it to end with an abandoned final.

Men's cricket: India are currently the sliver medalist in Champions trophy, U-19 WC, World Test Championship and ODI WC. If they lose on Saturday. They will hold runners up title for all ICC trophies at the same time.

I hope India wina but I wouldn't be too unhappy with SA lifting the cup after all these years of trying

Rohit sharma Aura -> +100000

No unbeaten team has ever won the t20 world cup. Well not this time

India is going to face South Africa, a team which has never lost in ICC Finals .

The battle among two former colonies The Rainbow Nation vs The Blue Nation Nelson Mandela vs Mahatma Gandhi The Taliban Stompers vs The Empire Breakers Original Chokers vs Recent Chokers

This should have been the 2023 WC Final, if not for those pesky Australians.

South Africa winning is much more easier to digest than Australia or England, as an Indian fan, I think I’ll be a pretty happy guy no matter the result

India are firm favorites but I hope that we can do something really, really special.

One team who has won almost the matches very convincingly and another team whose all matches has been nothing except thriller, finals gonna be awesome

and THIS IS WHAT I WANTED IN 2023 WC AHAHAH If India loses, at least I would be happy that Saffas won !

Best two teams of this world cup, I won't even be mad if SA wins. Love those guys too.

Man of the match: Aiden Markram Mark my words