Match Details
Date: October 27, 2023
Time : 2:00 PM IST
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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Preview
Pakistan will take on South Africa in the 26th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. With three consecutive losses, the Men in Green are looking down the barrel in the quadrennial spectacle, while the Proteas have smashed England and Bangladesh in their last two outings. Pakistan have had the better of South Africa with three wins in previous four meetings, but they will need to improve their performance by a lot, to challenge them on October 27.
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Analysis
The recent run of losses in the ODI World Cup 2023 for Pakistan has coincided with their batters struggling to score runs at a quick rate, with the top order of Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam, finding themselves under more pressure. In the bowling side of things, the lack of wickets in the early stages from the likes of Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali, has led to the oppositions scoring big totals against them.
On the other hand, South Africa batters have managed to score totals in excess of 300 runs in four out of five occasions during the ODI World Cup 2023, with the likes of Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen notching up multiple hundreds. The Protea bowlers have shared wickets amongst themselves regularly in the flagship tournament, while being spearheaded by the experienced Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj.
Key Players
Author’s Picks
Probable XIs
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Muhammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
Grand League
Head-to-head
Best 14
Wicketkeepers : Muhammad Rizwan, Quinton de Kock
Batters : Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller
All-Rounders : Iftikhar Ahmed, Aiden Markram
Bowlers : Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj
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