Battle between India’s bowling and South Africa’s batting today
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Full of confidence with seven consecutive wins Indian team India is going to get its first tough challenge in this World Cup in the form of South Africa and in this match which is being considered as the final before the final on Sunday between the top teams. ‘Birthday Boy’ All eyes will be on Virat Kohli. This match to be held at the historic Eden Gardens with a spectator capacity of around 65,000 is the toughest challenge of this tournament for India, as South Africa has won six matches except one match against Netherlands, but India has played like a champion so far and after entering the semi-finals, its intentions will be to remain at number one by registering big wins in the last two league matches. Talking about South Africa, now only one win is needed to reach the semi-finals. South Africa has 12 points and also has an excellent score of plus 2.290. Even if it loses here, it is certain to remain in the last four. However, a win will confirm the semi-finals. India would also like to win this match for psychological benefit before the semi-finals.
No team has been able to score 300 runs against India’s bowling.
This time in the World Cup, India’s bowling has been top class. No team has been able to score 300 plus runs in this World Cup against the Indian bowling. The best score against India is by New Zealand who scored 273 runs. In the last match, Indian bowlers had bundled out Sri Lanka on the score of 55 runs. If we talk about bowling, both Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have taken 15 and 14 wickets respectively at an economy rate of less than a pound. Spinners Kuldeep Yadav (10 wickets at an average of 4.40) and Sweet Jadeja (9 wickets at an average of 3.78) have done their job well in the middle overs.
South Africa’s strength is its strong batting.
In this World Cup, South Africa has openly demonstrated its batting strength. Wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock seems to be in a different rhythm in this World Cup. He has scored 4 centuries so far and scored a total of 545 runs. Heinrich Klaasen, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram are also in good form. The South African team has scored above 300 five times.
Eden is Rohit’s favorite ground
Top Indian batsmen including Kohli and Rohit are in form this time. Apart from this, Eden is also a favorite of captain Rohit Sharma, where he made the highest score of 264 runs in ODI cricket against Sri Lanka in 2014.
Will have to show our best game in front of Indian bowlers: Bavuma
Kolkata. Aware of the challenge from the in-form Indian bowlers, South African captain Temba Bavuma on Saturday said that his batsmen will have to give their best performance in Sunday’s match at Eden Gardens. The top two teams of this World Cup will face each other for the first time in the league stage. Babuma said in the press conference a day before the match that our team is very excited to play at Eden Gardens. This ground has its own history. And it will be interesting to play against India here. We are desperate to test ourselves against a team like India. India has a world class bowling attack for Indian conditions.
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