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New Delhi. There will be a clash between India and South Africa in the Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup today i.e. on Sunday. This match will be played at the newly built Optus Stadium in Perth from 4:30 pm IST. After winning the first two matches, Rohit Sharma and Co. are in high spirits. Team India would like to register a hat-trick win by defeating South Africa in this match. The Indian team will almost confirm their place in the semi-finals after registering a win in Perth.
India defeated arch-rivals in their first match of the T20 World, while in the second match they defeated the Netherlands. On the fast and bouncy pitch of Perth, the Indian batsmen are going to be tested in front of the Proteas fast bowlers. South Africa have the world’s dreaded fast bowlers like Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Norkia who can trouble Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.
India has the upper hand in figures
Teams of India and South Africa have faced each other 23 times in T20 International cricket, where Team India has won 13 matches, while South Africa has been victorious in 9 matches. Talking about the T20 World Cup, the two have clashed 5 times. India’s edge is heavy here too. India has won 4 while South Africa has won one match. In the current World Cup, South Africa have three points from 2 matches and are second in the points table of Group 2. Team India retains the first place with four points from two matches.
The teams are as follows:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Riley Rosso, Tristan Stubbs, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Tabariz Shamsi, Marco Janssen, Anrich Norkea, Reeza Hendrix, Henrik Klaasen, Lungi Ngidi .
