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Rohit Sharma-led India will be facing one of the strongest teams this World Cup, South Africa, which is just behind India in the World Cup Points Table
Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of this World Cup and Prasidh Krishan has replaced him in the Team India squad. "Tough to digest the fact that I will miss out on the remaining part of the World Cup. I'll be with the team, in spirit, cheering them on every ball of every game..." wrote Pandya on X (Twitter)
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav
Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams
The India vs South Africa match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The pitch is considered to be more favourable to the batters. It offers a good bounce to the bowlers
The India vs South Africa match will begin at 2 pm. The toss will take place at 1:30 pm
India vs South Africa can be live-streamed for free on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. The match will be telecast on Star Sports Network channels
India and South Africa have played 90 ODI matches. South Africa has won 50 matches while India has won 37 matches. Three of their matches ended with no result. Thus, India vs South Africa head-to-head record is 37-50
In light of their previous head-to-head encounters, Google predicts India has 62% chance of winning the match against South Africa which recorded the highest total of 428 runs against Sri Lanka in World Cup 2023