The 37th match in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between India vs South Africa will start at 2:00 PM in 05 November, 2023 and held on Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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India vs South Africa Match preview
In the previous match of India vs Sri Lanka, India have destroyed Sri Lanka by huge margin of 302 runs at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. Beside, South Africa national cricket team have knocked out the 2015 and 2019 finalists by a margin of 109 runs in their previous clash.
India vs South Africa have clashed each other in 90 ODI match. In those 90 matches, the Asian Giants recorded a total of 37 wins, while the Proteas managed wins in 50 matches. However, if we look at the current situation, it goes without saying that the home team played the best cricket. The India National cricket team have 7 matches in this ICC World Cup 2023 and won all 7 matches, while the Proteas loss one match against Netherlands.
India cricket team preview
At this ICC World Cup 2023, the home team India has shown incredible performance and confidence against all opponents, as evidenced by the fact that they have won all 7 matches and have not lost until now, affirming that their home field advantage is huge.
Virat Kohli, the ‘legendary cricketer’ of the Indian national cricket team has shown that he deserves this title. With the total 442 runs in 7 innings, Virat Kohli stand at top 2nd in the Run-scoring chart, behind Quinton de Kock of the Proteas with 545 runs in 7 innings.
Not only Virat Kohli stand on run-scoring chart. The Man in Blue have one more name stand at the chart, that is Rohit Sharma. With 402 runs in 7 innings, Rohit Sharma stand on top 5th of Run-scoring chart.
Beside, Jasprit Bumrah has picked 17 wickets against South Africa in 11 ODI match. Otherwise, he has 6 two-wicket hauls against them. That showed Jasprit will be essential for this India vs South Africa match. He stand at top 5th wicket-taker with 15 wickets.
There a Shreyas Iyer, who has scored 293 in 8 innings at an average of 48.83 against South Africa. His strike rate across the matches was 99.6, and he can maintain a steady running pace. He is a good choice for this match.
India prediction squad in India vs South Africa Match:
Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav.
South Africa cricket team preview
After the loss against Netherlands, the Proteas have taken back their form and serious, then they get their four consecutive winning and the recent win is against New Zealand. At this time, their performance are all in the highest.
Quinton de Kock, the best batsman of ICC World Cup 2023, showed his best and proof that he is the best by getting 545 runs in 7 innings, standing at top 1st at run score board. Beside, he is standing top 1st for the most run in 1 inning with 174 runs in the match against Bangladesh.
Marco Jansen, standing on the top 3rd most wicket taker in ICC World Cup 2023 with 16 wickets. He is the best choice when face with India Cricket team.
Keshav Maharaj is dangerous batsman for India.
South Africa prediction squad in India vs South Africa Match:
Tenda Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj.
India vs South Africa Prediction
Both teams have shown outstanding form in recent matches making this a challenging prediction, it’s a clash of cricket giants. However, considering India’s form and the significant contributions of players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and the formidable bowling duo of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, India is likely to pull out a win.
- India have a higher chance to win than South Africa in this math.
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