As they say, 'All good things must come to an end', today marks the culmination of what we started as an experiment on SN—'A Survivor Pool For Cricket'. Now this pool will be no more and we'll finally get to know survivor/survivors. The winners will be decided today, but it's not over for Cricket. A bigger and better, running round the year pool is already out. Yes, today also marks the entry of Fantasy Cricket Legue on SN for which the first match is already out and some Stackers have already joined it here. #590427 There's still time for everyone to join the first game.

Now, let's talk a bit about today's game....

The Kensington Oval will be abuzz with excitement as a 29-day and 54-match competition culminates here today with the final. The loudest cheers, however, will ring some 14,000km in India as they eagerly await to see their heroes finally get their hands on the silverware. India have been in the final of an ICC event twice in the last 12 months and here they are once more to try and end that 11-year trophy drought. If 11-years feels like a long time, then you must only look across to the opposition - South Africa - who've been waiting for their trophy much longer, thrice as long in fact. While cricket might not be the number 1 sport of choice in South Africa, this team will carry the hopes of the entire South African cricketing fraternity. A win today will be celebrated not just by this team but by all those who've donned the Proteas jersey.

Interesting looking surface. It's been that way all tournament. They've done a fair bit of rolling, but there's no live grass to hold it together. It's fairly hard to start with so I'm hoping the ball comes onto the bat quite nicely.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Last time for this pool! I feel highly indebted for all those who participated in the pool and showered their love. A huge huge thanks to them who didn't have much knowledge for the gentlemen's game but didn't let me feel down on any moment throughout the tournament. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@siggy47 @grayruby @carlosfandango @TNStacker @Undisciplined @MB @MANI @IamSINGLE @BitcoinAbhi, @Athena @suraz @astro_penguin and everyone else.....

For one last time, let's begin the fun ... Let's cheer up for Cricket!!!!