Rohit Sharma to Axar Patel: Team India’s architects of T20 World Cup final after 10 years

After a span of 10 long years, team India finds itself in another T20 World Cup final. Team India will take on South Africa for the prized trophy to be played on June 29. In this article, we will take a look at top 5 players who are the prime reason for team India’s success in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Rohit Sharma

Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma is currently third on the most runs list of the T20 World Cup 2024. He has amassed 248 runs in 7 innings with an astonishing strike rate of almost 156. The right-handed batter will look to continue his aggressive template of play against the Proteas in the T20 World Cup final.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah has the best average of 8.15 amongst the bowlers in the T20 World Cup. He has already scalped 13 wickets in just seven matches. Not only that, scoring runs against Bumrah has never been this tough with the pacer having an economy rate of just 4.13.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya has one of the best batting averages in the T20 World Cup 2024. The right-handed batter has amassed 139 runs in just 5 innings with his strike rate being 149.56. The pacer has also been amongst the wickets in the ongoing tournament.

Kuldeep Yadav

In the semi-final clash against England, Kuldeep Yadav wreaked havoc on England’s middle-order by getting the wickets of Harry Brook, Sam Curran and Chris Jordan. The left-arm spinner has been very consistent with his line and lengths throughout the tournament. So far, Kuldeep has scalped 10 wickets in just 4 games.

Axar Patel

Axar won the Player of the Match award after he got the wickets of Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow to finish with figures of 4-0-19-3 in the all-important semi-final match against England. Bowling with the new ball, the left-arm spinner has not leaked runs in the field restrictions. Patel has also played some decent cameos with the bat as well.