India will lock horns against South Africa after getting off to a perfect start in the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Perth Stadium, Perth on Sunday. The Men in Blue have won both of their opening matches and they have put themselves in a strong position in Group 2 of the Super 12 stage.
India had won their previous match against the Netherlands convincingly by 56 runs and they would look to continue the good show. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav all scored fifties to help their team post a par score of 179 runs.
On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, and Ravichandran Ashwin all took two wickets each while Shami took one wicket.
Meanwhile, South Africa was comprehensive in their previous match against Bangladesh as they won by a gargantuan margin of 104 runs. Rilee Rossouw scored a fine hundred and he would look to continue the good show for the Proteas.
Furthermore, Anrich Nortje was right on the money as he scalped four wickets while Tabraiz Shamsi had taken three wickets against Bangladesh.
Both India and South Africa had recently played against each other in a three-match bilateral series, which the former had won by 2-1 in their home conditions.
Match Prediction: India might enter the contest as favorites against South Africa.
India squad:
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami (in for Jasprit Bumrah), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur.
South Africa squad
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius (out with injury), Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen (in for Pretorius)
Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen (replaced by Lizaad Williams), Andile Phehlukwayo
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