ICC World Cup 2023 | IND vs SA: Rohit Sharma wins the toss and chooses to bat

Rohit Sharma, Temba Bavuma (Pic: AFP)

The ICC World Cup 2023 match between India and South Africa is being played in Kolkata at Eden Gardens. Today, Team Indian will clash with the Proteas. India has already qualified for the semi-finals winning all of its seven matches.

India skipper Rohit Sharma have won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa.

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'Men in Blue' is the most successful team in the ICC World Cup 2023 with seven wins in a row under Rohit Sharma's captaincy. On the other hand, the 'Proteas' have played seven matches and have just lost one against the Netherlands.

Both the teams have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup 2023, but will definitely look to secure a win against each other which will boost their confidence.

Virat Kohli has been a consistent run scorer for India in the ICC World Cup 2023 and is just one century away from levelling the record of most ODI hundreds with 'Little Master' Sachin Tendulkar. Will he be able to achieve this milestone on the occasion of his birthday? will be a point to look out for.

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A huge blow for India is their star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the ICC World Cup 2023 due to the resurfacing of his ankle injury. Speedster Parsidh Krishna is named as the replacement player in the squad for Pandya. India's wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul might be named as the vice-captain in the absence of all-rounder Pandya.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.

The Aussies knocked out England of ICC World Cup 2023

The ICC World Cup 2023 match between arch-rivals England and Australia was played in Gujarat at Motera Stadium. England won the toss and elected to bowl first against Australia.

Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron White and Steve Smith's knocks helped Australia to set a target of 287 runs for England to chase down. Labuschagne played a blistering knock of 71 runs.

England's star all-rounder Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan smashed 64 runs and 50 runs but were unable to guide England to win. Australia defeated the defending champions by 33 runs.