The top-of-the-table conflict is lastly right here as India are all set to tackle South Africa in the thirty seventh match of the event on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, November 6.
The Men in Blue are but to concede a match in the event whereas South Africa have endured a solitary loss which got here whereas taking part in towards Netherlands in Dharamsala. Both groups are pretty balanced and have the personnel who can win the sport for them on Sunday.
Though each groups have already certified for the semis, a win at Eden Gardens will assist in gaining a psychological benefit over the opposite in case they occur to fulfill one another in the knockout stage.
Eden has already performed host to 2 video games in the showpiece occasion i.e. Netherlands vs Bangladesh and Bangladesh vs Pakistan. Therefore, this would be the third fixture on the venue.
There are so much of talks about how the climate forecast goes to be on the day of the fixture. As per climate.com, there’s solely a ten% likelihood of rain in Kolkata on Sunday, therefore, one can anticipate a full 50-overs per facet contest.
However, with the humidity anticipated to hover between 60 to 70%, that may grow to be a slight problem for each groups.
India squad:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan and Prasidh Krishna
Support Staff:
Rahul Dravid, Vikram Rathour, Paras Mhambrey, T Dilip
South Africa squad:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams
Support workers:
Rob Walter, Jean-Paul Duminy, Rory Kleinveldt
