India vs South Africa Live Streaming: How To Watch IND vs SA T20 World Cup 2024 Final On TV And Online?

A firm grip on emotions will be crucial when the formidable Indian team, desperate to end its lengthy title drought, makes another attempt at getting the monkey off its back against a South African side, which is unfamiliar with the winning feeling, in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Saturday.

The India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2024 final will be played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The match is scheduled to start at 8 PM IST.

India's campaign in the tournament has been remarkably similar to the one in the ODI World Cup at home last year where they breezed into the final only to be bettered by Australia on the big stage.

They are unbeaten here too and have been the best of the tournament by far. More importantly, they don't have the battle-hardened Australia in their way of an elusive trophy this time around.

South Africa, whose only triumph in ICC events came way back in the Champions Trophy (then named ICC Knock-Out Trophy) in 1998, head into the final with hopes and dreams of their own.

Labelled chokers for the better of their international cricket journey, the Proteas will be determined to shed that dubious tag for good at the Kensington Oval.

There is a high chance of rain on Saturday but the ICC has kept a reserve day for the all-important fixture.

Rahul Dravid said India have been remarkably consistent to play three ICC finals in the last 12 months and the outgoing head coach hoped the combination of smart cricket and luck would land his side an elusive ICC title.

"It is a good thing we have been consistently playing good cricket. We have been in finals in all three formats and credit goes to the players. If we play well and rub of the green goes (our way) we will surely win," said Dravid, who will be looking to end his tenure on a high.

"In terms of our preparation, we've just got one day in the middle, so it's unlikely we're going to be having practice. It's just about all the guys getting into ensuring that physically, mentally, tactically we are ready for the game." Dravid underlined his side's preparedness for the summit match.

Not known for handling pressure well on the big stage, South Africa have pulled off close wins in this competition giving them a strong belief that victory is possible from any situation, captain Aiden Markram said ahead of the T20 World Cup final against India.

Markram said his players have got a lot of confidence out of the close wins in the tournament and they won't settle for a runners-up finish.

"There have been close moments in games that would have probably affected the result and we managed to win those moments. To have done them two, three, maybe four times throughout the competition so far has sort of given the team the belief that you can win from any position, which I think is quite important for a team to have that," said Markram.

New Zealand's Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth of England have been named as the on-field umpires for the T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa. Richard Kettleborough will be the TV umpire while Rod Tucker will be the fourth umpire.

Matches Played: 26, Won by India: 14, Won by South Africa: 11, No Result: 1

The IND vs SA T20 World Cup 2024 final match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India.

The India v South Africa T20 World Cup 2024 final will be live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar's app and website.

South African cricket fans can watch all the live action of the IND vs SA match via SuperSport and its app.

Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (Wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

Quinton de Kock (Wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi.

(With PTI inputs)