South Africa vs India – The Conqueror vs The Undefeated, the most awaited match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on November 5, 2023.
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South Africa vs India match informations
The Indian national cricket team is unbeaten till date. In this 2023 World Cup, Man in Blue has so far had a total of 7 matches and won all 7 matches. The title “Unbeaten” was established thanks to India’s winning streak, which team standing on top 1st in ICC Cricket World Cup Point Table.
The ‘legend cricketer’, Virat Kohli has showed his skill and prove that he deserves to the title. After the last match against Sri Lanka, Virat scored a total of 442 runs in 7 innings, and stand on top 2nd in the run score chart.
Men in Blue captain Rohit Sharma also has a place in the run scoring chart. With a total of 402 runs in 7 innings, he is ranked 5th on the rankings.
Ranked 2nd on the World Cup points table, South Africa national cricket team had a great performance. After the unexpected loss to the Netherlands, the Proteas regained their form and played seriously with 4 consecutive wins, especially the most recent match against New Zealand. The Black Caps were a strong team in this World Cup, but lost the match by 190 runs.
The best batsman of this World Cup, the run-scoring chart-topper, Quinton de Kock of the Proteas, has beaten many teams with his bat. He will be a big challenge for India in this match.
Besides Kock, the South African national cricket team also has many more skillful players such as Marco Jansen, who is ranked 3rd in the top wicket-takers at the ICC World Cup 2023 with 16 catches, Keshav Maharaj, a skillful batsman.
In the past, India vs South Africa clashed in 90 ODI matches, Man in Blue had a total of 37 wins while Proteas had 50. However, let’s look at the current situation, with a series of 7 wins, India’s form Degree is at its highest level. With the advantage of playing at home, the Man in Blue will take advantage of this and play with their best to win this match.
The match between the Giants of World Cup 2023 will be an interesting and full of surprise match. Follow your favorite team and watch the match on Disney+ Hotstar, Ekcricket.in and Onecricnews.com.
South Africa vs India team squad
There is not so much change with the both team squad
South Africa Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Reeza Hendricks, Lizaad Williams.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna.
South Africa vs India Head to Head in ICC World Cup
In ICC World Cup Series, South Africa vs India has clashed each other 5 times. In there 5 matches, the Proteas is in higher place than India, they win 3 matches while India a only 2.
- In ICC World Cup 1992, SA won by 6 wickets.
- In ICC World Cup 1999, SA won by 4 wickets.
- In ICC World Cup 2011, SA won by 3 wickets.
- In ICC World Cup 2015, IND won by 130 runs.
- In the nearest ICC World Cup 2019, IND won by 6 wicket.
Although South Africa has taken more 1 more win than India, their result is badly by time. However, India at this world cup they are doing very well, with the 7 winning streak, this might be a 1 more winning to India.
Conclusion
In short, this match between South Africa vs India are the most awaited match in this ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. South Africa – The conqueror and India – The undefeated, who will win this engage match.
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