ICC World Cup 2023: Who’ll win India vs South Africa match? Prediction, fantasy team, pitch report and more
World Cup 2023, will clash on November 5 in Kolkata. The atmosphere will be electric at the Eden Gardens as the occasion coincides with Virat Kohli’s birthday. South Africa have been in spectacular form in this tournament.
In the 7 matches they have played so far, they have batted first 5 times. This is how much they have scored: 428/5 against Sri Lanka, 311/7 against Australia, 399/7 against England, 382/5 against Bangladesh and 357/4 against New Zealand. However, when they had to bat second, they won one by 1 wicket (against Pakistan) and lost the other by 38 runs (against the Netherlands).
India, on the other hand, have been unstoppable so far. The Men in Blue have been clinical in batting, bowling and fielding. Can they keep their unbeaten record intact against their mightiest opponent this time? Let’s see.
These two teams have played 90 ODIs against each other so far. South Africa have won 50 of those and India 37. Three matches did not produce any results.
The last time (October 2022) these two faced off in Delhi. The Proteas were bowled out for 99 while Kuldeep Yadav took 4/18. India reached the target in 19.1 overs and won it by 7 wickets.
The World Cup record of these two teams is more balanced. Out of 5 matches between them, South Africa won thrice and India twice. In 2011 (when India became world champions), the Men in Blue lost by 3 wickets.
In 2015, they won by 130 runs. In 2019, they won by 6 wickets. Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (VC/WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (WK), Kagiso Rabada and Heinrich Klaasen.
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