Jason Roy average of 141 in the series is the best by any England batsman against Sri Lanka in a two-team bilateral ODI series.
Historically, South Africa have not produced top class spinners in limited-overs cricket but Tahir's emergence has helped them massively.
As expected, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli was named the CEAT T20 player of the year for his tremendous batting during the period.
Cook is among those batsmen who have scored centuries against all eight teams he has played against and needs only five runs to score against South Africa to become the only batsman after Tendulkar and Dravid to amassed 1000 runs against seven teams
Either team winning this will clinch the title for the first time and one can expect them to come out all guns blazing.
Kohli has been in scintillating form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) and has steered his side in to the final
Here is a comparison of probable XI of both the sides.
Whether or not the ‘Calypso Kings’ return to the party will unfold in the next fortnight!
Till the start of the tournament, all India had played was one T20I. Big guns Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and then captain Rahul Dravid pulled themselves out of the tournament citing it was a format for the young legs.
India is high on confidence as they have had a prolific run in the recent T20I series against Australia and Sri Lanka.