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Match Details
Date : December 17, 2023
Time : 1:30 PM IST
Venue : Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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Preview
South Africa will lock horns against India in the first of three ODIs at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Pink Day ODI is an annual tradition at this iconic venue in the heart of the rainbow nation, in which the hosting team and its fans wear Pink clothing to raise awareness and money for cancer. Notably, this will be the first ODI for both South Africa and India after Australia defeated both of them in the CWC 2023 knockout stages, giving them all the motivation to get back on track in the 50 overs format with a victory on December 17.
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Deepak Chahar hasn't joined the Indian squad in South Africa after his father was hospitalised due to a medical emergency back home.
Analysis
In the absence of Temba Bavuma after the CWC 2023 semi-final, the responsibility of captaincy in ODI cricket for South Africa has been given to Aiden Markram, who has been one of the most in-form batters in the format along with the likes of David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen. While South Africa team management doesn’t have their usual suspects in the fast bowling side of things to pick an XI from, the experienced spin duo of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi will be providing much-needed wicket-taking pedigree to them.
On the other hand, India doesn’t have Rohit Sharma leading the ODI team after the CWC 2023 final, KL Rahul will be captaining the team which have a mix of young and experienced players like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Shreyas Iyer, and Rinku Singh in the batting department. As far as their bowling attack goes, the India cricket team doesn’t have their usual suspects in their pace department either, but the likes of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav can make up for it.
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Probable XIs
- South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaard Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
- India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (c)/(wk), Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
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Best 14
- Wicket-Keepers: Heinrich Klaasen, KL Rahul
- Batters: Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh
- All-Rounders: Aiden Markram, Andile Phehlukwayo, Axar Patel
- Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Lizaard Williams, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
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