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Rohit Sharma-led Team India enters World Cup Finals with a thumping 70-run victory vs Kane Williamson-led New Zealand. It is the only unbeaten country in World Cup 2023 and has raised expectations around lifting the World Cup trophy this year.
– Skipper Rohit Sharma scored 47 runs and Shubman Gill scored 80 runs – Both Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer went on to score centuries as Virat broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest ODI centuries in the world at ICC Men's World Cup Cricket – Mohammed Shami became fastest bowler to reach 50 ODI World Cup wickets. He took 7/57 wickets and was named as Player of the match – KL Rahul went on to score 39 runs, he also took a couple of catches which helped to dismiss the NZ team
Virat Kohli went ahead of Tendulkar by scoring 674-plus runs in the 2023 World Cup. Sachin had scored 673 runs in the 2003 edition of the World Cup in which Sourav Ganguly's India made it to the final of the ICC tournament.
Today, Temba Bavuma-led South Africa will be facing Pat Cummins-led Australia in second semi-final of World Cup 2023. The winning team will be facing Team India in World Cup final.
Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
South African skipper Temba Bavuma is sufferring from a sore leg. Though, he is under training to ensure that he plays well in the match.
South Africa vs Australia World Cup match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It is generally considered a batting-friendly pitch. The pitch is made from black cotton soil, which helps to maintain good bounce and make batting conditions more favourable. However, as the match progresses, the pitch can become slow and start to favour spinners.
South Africa vs Australia match will begin at 2 pm. The toss will take place at 1:30 pm.
South Africa vs Australia can be live streamed for free on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. The match will be telecast on Star Sports Network channels.
In the head-to-head ODI statistics, South Africa and Australia have met 109 times, out of which South Africa has emerged victorious 55 times, while Australia has won 50 matches
In light of their previous head-to-head encounters, Google predicts that Australia has 56% chance of winning the match against South Africa in World Cup semi-final match.
The World Cup final will take place on November 19. The winning team from today's match will be facing Team India at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After reaching the final in 1983 (India defeated West Indies), 2003 (India lost to Australia) and 2011 (India defeated Sri Lanka), this is now the fourth time India will be in the summit clash of the competition.