India vs South Africa Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma has won the toss and chosen to bat first, thus deciding to make South Africa do something that they have looked uncomfortable with. Nine matches. That\’s all what\’s left between now and the semifinals of the 2023 World Cup, and as we reach the fag end of what\’s turned out to be an exceptional tournament, two teams that have already sealed a place in the semis – India and South Africa – are expected to produce a cracker of a contest. India vs South Africa at the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata was initially not supposed to be as big but the trail of victims these two teams have left behind, this game could potentially be the match of the tournament. As inconsequential as this match may sound, it really isn\’t. Both teams are still eyeing that top spot in the points table to head into the knockouts full of confidence. India are unbeaten with 7 wins from 7 games, but South Africa aren\’t behind, securing victories in all barring that upset to the Netherlands.
South Africa could be India\’s sternest test till now. Last year, it was the only team they lost to at the T20 World Cup\’s group stage, and despite being higher-ranked, have faced their series of unexpected results against the Proteas. Yesterday, Team India woke up to the news of Hardik Pandya being ruled out, but as long as their reinforcements – Mohammed Shami and Suryakumar Yadav are going berserk – they don\’t have much to worry. What happens to the sixth-bowling option you ask? Well, Rahul Dravid coach mentioned that if needed, the wrong-footed in-swinging menace Virat Kohli is ready to fill in.
But today, India may once again need Kohli the batter more against this hostile South African attack. With 442 runs from 7 innings, Kohli is third in the list of World Cup 2023\’s leading run scorers, raising scores of 85, 55 not out, 103 not out and 88, and what better way for The King to make his 35th birthday extra special than by achieving a feat the world has been keeping an eye on – a record-equalling 49th century which will make him quicker to the landmark than the great man, Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli has the numbers to do it. He has a stellar batting record at the Eden Gardens – an average of 47 in 7 ODIs. But against South Africa, it\’s even more intimidating – 61 in 30 ODIs including three fifties and one century.
But this South African team is something else. Despite the absence of Anrich Nortje, just look at how Temba Bavuma has marshalled his troops, especially his fast bowlers. Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee have combined to take 48 wickets this World Cup. Add another 11 from Keshav Maharaj and boy, does this bowling unit look threatening. Even if one is to move beyond the bowlers, there is Quinton de Kock, who in this last ODI tournament is scoring runs for fun. 545 runs, four centuries and average of 77.85. A guy who loves batting against India. Aiden Markram has 362 runs at 60.33, Rassie van der Dussen 353, and Heinrich Klaasen with 315. No wonder South Africa are in the semis with still a couple of league matches to go.
But there is a special connection that binds India with South Africa in this tournament. At the 2011 World Cup, South Africa was the only team India lost to. So for all those worried about the whole \’Law of Averages\’ thing, you may get an answer tonight. India still have the Netherlands to beat, which may not be a hassle despite the Dutch\’s graph showing an upward curve. Having said that, today is the big occasion. India are bound to have one game that will mellow them down a bit. That\’s how it works. And we better hope it happens in the coming two matches rather than the knockouts.
Here are some key pointers surrounding India vs South Africa World Cup 2023 match:
– In the 90 ODIs played between the two teams, South Africa lead head-to-head encounters with 50 to 37 with three ending in no results.
– India have lost three of their last five ODIs to South Africa.
– South Africa were the only team to beat India at the 2011 World Cup.
– For the first time in his ODI career, Virat Kohli bat for India on his birthday.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:45 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: What Temba Bavuma said
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:43 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma\’s thoughts
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit says it looks like a good pitch but the call didn\’t have anything to do with the pitch, India just want to challenge themselves. “It\’ll be a good game, two teams who have played consistent cricket and have topped the table, will be nice to win and go on top,” he said. Rohit says that he loves playing at the Eden Gardens as do the rest of the team. “The entire team looks forward to play at this historic ground.”
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:37 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: South Africa XI
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:36 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India XI
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:33 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: TOSS ALERT!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma has won it and India are batting first! They have decided to make South Africa do the uncomfortable things.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:32 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The captains are out there
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma and Temba Bavuma are out there, Ravi Shastri makes the Gardens shake with his voice. Toss is coming up!
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:20 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The pitch
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Irfan Pathan and Ravi Shastri say that this is a pitch tht will assist spinners. South Africa\’s pacers are not going to get a lot of bounce. Pathan says that South Africa should play two spinners
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:16 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Kohli fever in Kolkata!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: There are cakes in the ground! If Kohli does manage to equal Tendulkar\’s record today, the crowd at Eden Gardens have come prepared for the historic event. Many great batters have had some of their greatest moments at the Eden. Is that going to be the case today as well?
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 01:04 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The Klaasen-Miller factor
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Teams have often squandered good platforms in this tournament but Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller have made sure that South Africa don\’t do that almost every time they bat. Klaasen has a strike rate of 151.44 in 7 matches and that includes that whirlwind century which he scored against England. Miller is striking at 129.41 in seven matches. India will be very wary about these two once they get past the likes of QDK and Aiden Markram.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:52 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Eden could tame the batting giants
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Bangladesh and the Netherlands scored 229 and 204 respectively batting first here. However, the fact remains that in the first instance, Pakistan chased that target down with 105 balls to spare. Apart from that, India and South Africa are not Bangladesh or the Netherlands, even though the Dutch did a number on the Proteas in this tournament.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:40 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: SA to play two spinners?
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: That is what Temba Bavuma indicated in his pre-match comments. At the time, though, he was yet to take a look at the pitch. “If the wicket assists the spinners, you’ll definitely see those two (Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi). We saw what Keshav did the previous game (4/46 vs New Zealand). On the (Pune) wicket, it probably didn’t offer a great deal of spin, but he was able to be super successful. We saw Tabraiz Shamsi as well in Chennai… what he did coming off the bench (4/60 vs Pakistan),\” he had said.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:31 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: How much will India miss Pandya
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The match against Sri Lanka ended up being a romp to end all romps for India and they also enjoyed a comfortable win against New Zealand. However, the Blackcaps did briefly make India feel the absence of their sixth bowling option. Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra tonked India\’s spinners to all parts in the middle overs and there was no Shardul Thakur either to shore them up. Thakur is expected to not play today either considering India wouldn\’t want to make any changes to a winning combination but South Africa\’s batting lineup is one that is arguably far more potent that New Zealand\’s. The fact remains that in that particular game, India came back strong and limited New Zealand to a score of 273, when something around 350 was very much on the cards during the middle overs. Conversely, South Africa are in a differnt planet altogether when it comes to big hitting finishers. How much India will be hurt by the absence of Pandya, only time will tell.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:20 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: South Africa full squad
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock(w), 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, Andile Phehlukwayo, Reeza Hendricks, Lizaad Williams
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:08 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India full squad
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 12:02 PM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Head to head in World Cups
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India trail in head to head records against South Africa in World Cup games as well. The two sides have faced each other five times in this tournament and South Africa have won three of them. However, India\’s two wins have come in the last two matches.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:49 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Head to head
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Incidentally. South Africa\’s first-ever ODI, and their first-ever international match after being reinstated in 1991 was against India in Kolkata in the month of November. Since then, the two teams have faced each other 90 times in ODIs. South Africa have won 50 of these matches while India have won 37.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:31 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Dravid on this match
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Rahul Dravid said that this is a match between two teams in good nick but he can\’t call South Africa the toughest opponents. \”I think there are three or four other good teams in this tournament as well. Maybe some of them haven\’t clicked as well as they would have liked to, or they have had a tough run. But South Africa certainly have been playing very well,\” he said.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:20 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Marco Jansen\’s powerplay prowess
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The big fast bowling all-rounder has been a menace to top order batters in this World Cup. Jansen has picked up 12 wickets in the powerplay in this World Cup – the most by any bowler in that phase. Sri Lanka\’s Dilshan Madushanka is second with seven.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:11 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli vs spin
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The great man has often been susceptible to spin, particularly the left-arm variant, in recent years. However, Virat Kohli is yet to be dismissed by a spinner in this World Cup. In 204 balls against them, he has scored 184 runs.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 11:02 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: South Africa\’s love story with batting first
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: When they bat first, South Africa have looked nigh on invincible. How is it that you beat a team when they have scored 428, 311, 399, 382 and 357 after batting first. Their innings have normally ended with the opposition team battered and bruised and ready to be gobbled up by their world class bowling attacks.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:52 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Shami strikes gold
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Mohammed Shami was not even part of this Indian World Cup squad and came in only when Hardik Pandya got injured. Three matches later, he is just one wicket Jasprit Bumrah\’s tally for this tournament. He took five wickets in his first match, four in his second and five again in his third.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:51 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: De Kock vs India
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Regardless of how dangerous India\’s bowlers have been in this tournament, the fact remains that QDK loves to play against this opposition. In 19 ODIs against them, he has six hundreds, three of them in successive innings at the start of his career. The 1072 runs he has scored against India at an average of 56.42 is the highest for him against any country in ODIs after Sri Lanka.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:39 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Quinton de Kock\’s big test
Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and sometimes Aiden Markram may provide the fireworks later in the innings but the reason why they have been able to do so is because, more often than not, Quinton de Kock has provided South Africa with a fantastic platform to work on in this World Cup. The former Proteas skipper is the highest run scorer in this tournament that has seen quite a few big scores, with 545 runs in seven matches at an average of 77.85. He has a strike rate of 112.60 despite taking his time early on in his innings. But, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami have formed arguably the most dangerous powerplay attack this year and so it will be interesting to see how he fairs against them.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:30 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: A clash of opposites
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Both Rohit Sharma and Temba Bavuma will have a real decision in their hands when they win the toss. In fact, this might be a good one to lose, an expression that is used most often in Test cricket. India have shown that their bowling attack is so strong that they can win from any situation but they have been at their efficient best while chasing. South Africa have looked most comfortable setting up a score. One\’s strength is the other\’s strength. As if this clash wasn\’t mouth-watering enough already.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:20 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: No sixth-bowling option for India? No problem. They have a \’wrong-footed menace\’ as back-up
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India have a \’menace\’ and it goes by the name of Virat Kohli. Before you draw the swords, we aren\’t saying it. India\’s head coach Rahul Dravid is. Dented by the ruling out of Hardik Pandya, it\’s sixth-bowling option is a concern, but Dravid emphasises that if need be, Kohli is here to roll his arms over and chip in with a few vital overs. He bowled once in this World Cup – just three balls when Hardik injured himself against Bangladesh in the middle of his over – but there was swing. And never count out Kohli. Everything he touches can turn to gold.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:10 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: BIG UPDATE on why Hardik Pandya was ruled out!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India\’s worst nightmare came true on Saturday morning, when the ICC officially announced that the injured Hardik Pandya will take no further part at the CWC \’23. The news was an unexpected one because the ankle injury Hardik sustained while fielding against Bangladesh was healing well. But as per a striking revelation by a BCCI official, the swelling in Hardik\’s ankle resurfaced due to which the all-rounder was not even able to walk, undoing all the hard work he had put in during the last couple of weeks training at the NCA. An absolute BUMMER! India will miss him for sure, but the manner in which Mohammed Shami has stepped up, claiming 14 wickets in three matches and how Suryakumar Yadav is beginning to find his feet at No. 6, India may be slightly better-placed than initially imagined.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:00 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: For Virat Kohli, it all began here 14 years ago!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: As No. 49 beckons, Virat Kohli\’s life has come full circle. Fourteen years ago, right here at this very ground against Sri Lanka, Kohli notched the first of his remarkable 48 centuries. While many attribute his innings of 183 against Pakistan or 133 against Sri Lanka to the emergence of the chase master in Kohli, it was his innings of 107 in 2009 that truly revealed the first glimmers of his mastery in the art of chasing. In that game, Gautam Gambhir\’s unbeaten 150 earned him the Player of the Match accolade, yet he selflessly passed the award to Kohli.
Now, all these years later, Kohli has returned to the hallowed Eden Gardens, aiming to further solidify his legacy.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:50 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Jansen vs Bumrah! The under-rated rivalry
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Move over Rohit vs Rabada, Kohli vs Jansen, or Bumrah vs de Kock. The real drama is expected to play out between Marco Jansen and Jasprit Bumrah. The two fearsome pacers were involved in a heated argument during a Test match in Johannesburg, with both literally coming face-to-face. Bumrah had a wild swing at a bouncer from Jansen which he failed to connect. The approach perhaps did not sit will with Jansen, who tossed a few verbal volleys at the India quick. And well, Bumrah doesn\’t hold back either, does he? Jansen and Bumrah charged at each other before being separated by the umpires. Since that game, Bumrah and Jansen haven\’t shared the same field for their respective international teams. And hence, expect even more fireworks today if either of these pacers has the chance to bowl to their counterpart.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:40 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: What a contest between bat and ball this one promises to be!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: India\’s batters versus South Africa\’s pacers, or India\’s bowlers taking on South Africa\’s batters? Traditionally, when India faces off against a formidable opponent, it\’s often portrayed as a showdown between India\’s batting and the opposition\’s bowling prowess. However, in this World Cup, the brand of cricket played by both India and South Africa has shifted the narrative to a clash of strengths: a dynamic blend of batting and bowling excellence.
Remarkably, there appears to be no weak link in either of these teams. Both units have witnessed their batters amass runs with power hitters like Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli, and Aiden Markram, while the bowlers have relentlessly taken wickets – Mohammed Shami, Marco Jansen, Jasprit Bumrah, and Gerald Coetzee.
Today\’s epic showdown is set to determine the team to beat in the semifinals, making it a mouth-watering contest between the No. 1 and 2 team in this competition.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:30 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The race for the semis is alive and kicking
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: ICYMI! Pakistan are still alive in their hunt for a place in the semifinals following an unbelievable DLS, rain-marred win over New Zealand yesterday. This win has really intensified the equation as there\’s a four-way battle involved with just two spots for up grabs. Australia, Pakistan and New Zealand are all in the fray. And technically, as are Afghanistan. Pakistan need to beat England in their final league game, and the BlackCaps need to do the same against Sri Lanka. If both win, whoever has a higher NRR will qualify. Afghanistan have a tall ask at hand with their next two matches being against Australia and South Africa. As well as they\’ve played, beating both teams looks tough.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:20 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Happy Birthday, Virat Kohli! The KING chases No. 49
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli is the man for big occasions! And there\’s nothing more monumental for THE KING to make this Sunday legendary for two reasons. A) It\’s his birthday and B). It gives him a chance at immortality. Kohli has already set the 2023 World Cup on fire with three fifties and one century, but the big number that has been on everyone\’s mind since last week is 49. The elusive century that will bring him on level-pecking with Sachin Tendulkar. Kolkata is gearing up for the big day as the CAB has planned on distributing more than 60,000 Virat Kohli masks. The hype is real. Don\’t believe it. Read our Kohli special on his 35th birthday. This certainly will get you going!
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:10 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: The return of the GARDEN!
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Today\’s blockbuster IND-SA contest unfolds against the iconic backdrop of the legendary Eden Gardens. In the 22 ODIs held at Kolkata\’s iconic stadium, India have triumphed in 13. Surprisingly, India have only participated in three ODIs here since 2017 – facing off against England, Australia, and Sri Lanka – winning two while conceding only one defeat. Notably, Eden Gardens has also served as the stage for two World Cup encounters: Bangladesh vs the Netherlands and Pakistan vs Bangladesh. While these matches delivered captivating outcomes, they are set to be overshadowed by the spectacle awaiting us today.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:00 AM
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: HOLA! Welcome to the \”Match of CWC \’23\”
India vs South Africa Live Score, IND vs SA World Cup 2023: Hello, all you wonderful people! We are back to give you a warm welcome and present you an action-packed coverage of what promises to be the match of the tournament. India vs South Africa. Top of the table clash. Eden Gardens. 70,000 fans. It doesn\’t get better. While both teams have qualified for the semifinal, this may be a dead-rubber of paper but believe us, it cannot be farther away from the truth. The two most in-form teams. One hasn\’t tasted defeat yet, the other has won all its games barring one. And to spice up the occasions, it\’s Virat Kohli\’s birthday. What else do you need? Let us guess: AN INDIA WIN!