India and South Africa are set to face each other in the final of the T20 World Cup, here on Saturday. However, bad news coming in for the cricket fans as there are 49% chances that rain could play a spoilsport during the match, as per the local weather department.
After their thumping wins over respective opponents in the semifinals, India and South Africa will lock horns in the summit clash of the T20 World Cup in Bridgetown, Barbados on Saturday.
Haryana's Kiran Pahal qualified for Olympics by completing 400 meter race in 50.92 seconds in the 63rd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship held at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Panchkula. Kiran has presented her claim by completing the qualifying time of 50.95 for Paris Olympics.
South Africa pipped Afghanistan in the semifinal to their historic journey in the tournament while India outplayed defending champions England in the semifinal to eye their first World Cup title since 2011.
26-year-old Sukhjit Singh Sukha, resident of Jawandpur village of Mianwind under Tarn Taran district, has been selected in the Indian hockey team participating in the Olympic Games to be held in Paris in July.
India will host South Africa for a one-off women's Test match, starting on Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The one-off Test is part of South Africa's all-format tour of India, which began with a three-match ODI series that ended 3-0 in Favour of the hosts.
Team India will face England in the semi-final of T-20 World Cup today at Providence Stadium in Guyana. Rain has stopped in Guyana now. It is 6 am there.
South Africa defeated Afghanistan and made it to the T20 World Cup final. South Africa has reached the World Cup final for the first time. The team's stigma of being a choker has also been removed. South Africa has been eliminated from the semi-finals of ODIs 5 times and T20 World Cups 2 times.
