The final of the T20 World Cup 2024 between India and South Africa today in Barbados could be affected by rain.
According to AccuWeather, there is a high chance of rain during the match at the Kensington Oval.
The official match time is 10:30am to 1:20pm local time but it could continue till 4:50pm taking weather conditions into consideration.
Here's the hourly weather update of Barbados for Saturday, June 29:
9:00 AM (local time) - 47 % chance of rain
10:00 AM - 29 % chance of rain
11:00 AM - 29 % chance of rain
12:00 PM - 35 % chance of rain
1:00 PM - 51 % chance of rain
2:00 PM - 47 % chance of rain
3:00 PM - 40 % chance of rain
However, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has set aside a reserve day for the final. If the match can’t be completed on Saturday, both the teams will take the field once again on Sunday.
According to ICC's Playing Conditions for the reserve day, "every effort will be made to complete the match on the scheduled day with any necessary reduction in overs taking place and only if the minimum number of overs necessary to constitute a match cannot be bowled on the scheduled day will the match be completed on the reserve day."
The result for the match will only be achieved if a minimum of 10 overs have been completed by each side. The match will resume from the same point, where it stopped due to rain on Saturday, on the reserve day.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
