India vs South Africa match today from 2 pm at Eden Gardens
Kolkata: Will South Africa be able to beat India, who are unbeaten so far in the World Cup? Or will India progress to the eighth spot at the same speed as they have so far crushed their opponents? The answer to the question fans have been eagerly waiting for can be found at Eden Gardens. This will be India’s first match of this World Cup in Kolkata. Rohit Sharma and his team have landed in Kolkata after beating Sri Lanka by 302 runs in Mumbai the other day. Tempa Bauma and his team have arrived after beating New Zealand by 190 runs in Pune.
India is the only team to win all seven matches played in this World Cup. India’s victories were against Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka.
Indian players perform well in batting, bowling and fielding. Rohit, Subhman Gill, Virat, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Suryakumar have all been contributing to the team in times of need.
Mohammed Shami, who got a chance in the playing eleven when Hardik Pandya was injured, has been in rare form, taking 14 wickets in three matches. With Siraj and Bumrah bowling at their best, India will undoubtedly come out with their best ever pace line-up.
Spinners Kuldeep and Jadeja have performed well in the given opportunities.
The healthy competition within the Indian team for the best fielder medal instituted by fielding coach T. Dileep has raised the overall quality of the team.
South Africa have won six of the seven games they have played so far, except for the loss against the Netherlands. South Africans defeated Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Quinton de Kock, who has scored four centuries, Rajivander Dozen, who has scored two centuries, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, and David Miller, who are capable of big scores, are the batting strength of South Africa.
The bowling line-up of Marco Jansen, Kotze, Rabada and Lungi Ngidi is not bad either. Keshav Maharaj will also play as a spinner.
Potential XIs
India
Rohit, Gill, Virat, Shreyas, KL Rahul, Suryakumar, Jadeja, Shami, Bumrah, Kuldeep, Siraj.
South Africa
De Kock, Bouma, Razi, Markram, Klaasen, David Miller, Johnson, Kotze, Keshav, Rabada, Ngidi
Phandya is replaced by Prashant
Hardik Pandya will not play again in this World Cup due to ankle injury during the match against Bangladesh. Pacer Prasad Krishna has been included in the Indian team as Pandya’s replacement. Hardik was not able to play in the last three matches. Hardik was expected to return before the semis, but was dropped from the team on doctors’ advice.
2023-11-04 18:20:20
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