Team India will be facing off against South Africa in match no. 37 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Both India and SA have already booked their places in the World Cup 2023 semifinals and are in no. 1 and 2 position currently on the Points Table.
Rohit Sharma’s Indian side are the only unbeaten team in the tournament so far and will look to keep their unbeaten record against Temba Bavuma’s side. The Proteas were excited about facing off against the hosts at the Eden Gardens.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of excitement within our group. I guess excitement of the occasion of playing here at Eden Gardens, quite a lot of history about the ground, but obviously I think the more important one is coming up against India, who are an in-form side. We are an in-form side and we look forward to the opportunity to test our skills against this Indian team,” South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said on the eve of the match in Kolkata.
With India’s Hardik Pandya ruled out of the World Cup 2023, the home team are unlikely to make any changes to their winning Playing 11 from the last three matches. Mohammad Shami has been in sensational form alongside Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
“It’s obviously a world-class bowling attack in their condition, so they know everything about these conditions. So as bad as we do now, we're going to have to have our A games up come tomorrow. But when I say we stick to our processes, we prepare as well as we can. We try to cover all our bases, make sure that we’re not surprised by anything, and get ourselves into a space where we can play our best cricket,” Bavuma said about India’s bowling attack.
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time: November 5, 2pm IST onwards
Live Streaming and TV details: Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar website and app
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav
Captain: Quinton de Kock
Vice-captain: Mohammad Shami
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi/Gerald Coetzee
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