Advantage India in their crunch tie against South Africa in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted for India to bat first against South Africa in Kolkata. Sharma and Co took to the pitch in front of an anticipating crowd at the Eden Gardens, looking to win their eighth succcessive game in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. India and South Africa are the only two teams through to the knockouts at the time of writing. (Match Blog | Streaming | Full Coverage)
India Vs South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup, Match 37, Playing XI:
India XI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
India Vs South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup, Match 37, Captains' Comments:
Rohit: Looks like a good pitch and honestly it's more to do with what we want to do as a team. I think it's going to be a good game with two teams at the top of the table. I love playing here and the Indian team loves playing at this historic ground. We're playing the same team
Bavuma: Looking at the wicket, we would've batted first, but it will be a nice challenge for us to chase. Chasing in an area where we need to get a lot more confidence. One change: Shamsi comes in for Coetzee.