The final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy took place on 15 October 2000 at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya.

The top 5 teams ranked according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings qualify for the knockout stage automatically.

India, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa defeated Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England respectively in the quarter-finals, and qualified for the semi-finals.

[6] India played South Africa in the second Semi-final of the tournament on 13 October 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya.

South African openers could not give their team a good start as both Kirsten and Hall were back in the pavilion for just the score of 23 in 4 overs and soon they were reduced to 50/4 then Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener steadied the innings for some extent but that could not help too much as they were bowled out for 200 and lost the match by 95 runs.