Both India and South Africa have a winning momentum and will be looking to continue the same.
After starting their ICC T20 World Cup 2022 campaign with two marvellous victories over arch-rivals Pakistan and the Netherlands, the determined India is all set to square off with South Africa in their Super 12 clash of T20 World Cup 2022 at the Optus Stadium.
Backed with two victories from two games, the Men in Blue will be filled with confidence and all geared up for their next game. The Protease will also be motivated to win the contest as of the two games they have played so far, they emerged victorious on the one and the other was washed out when they were in winning position.
Currently, India and South Africa are the favorites to make it to the semi-finals from Group 2, and the team winning the upcoming battle will move one step closer to secure the place for knockout stage.
Match Details
Venue: Optus Stadium, Perth
Date and Time: October 30, 2022, 4:30 PM IST
Telecast & Live Streaming: Star Sports & Disney+ Hotstar
IND vs SA Pitch Report
Perth has one of the fastest surfaces in the world, which generally offers support for the pacers at the beginning of the innings. The average first innings total here is 160-170 runs. Batting becomes considerably easier as the game progresses, so the captain winning the toss would like to bowl first.
Data collected from: https://www.insidesport.in/
IND vs SA Probable Playing XIs
India:
Since this is an important game for strengthening their semis hopes, the Indian team might not be looking to make any changes and would go with the same team that had played in the last two games. The onus would be yet again on the chase master Virat Kohli to play an impactful knock and the Indian pace attck trio of Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh would be expected to do well on the Perth Surface.
Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
South Africa
South Africa are in serious need of two points after their Super 12 fixture against Zimbabwe was abandoned due to rain. They have a strong batting line-up including inform Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller and a rock solid pace attck.
Predicted Playing XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
IND vs SA Head-To-Head
Played – 23 | India -13 | South Africa – 9 | NR – 1