The clash between South Africa and Sri Lanka will take place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The coin toss will be flipped around 1:30 pm and the match will commence at 2 pm. This will be the second match played on October 7, as the first match for the day between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan started in the morning at Dharmashala

Proteas (South Africa) will look to start their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign with a positive mindset after the ODI series win against Australia right before the start of the mega event. Temba Bavuma will be leading the side in the World Cup 2023. Dasun Shanaka is all set to lead Sri Lanka's team in ICC World Cup 2023. The Sri Lankans will look to avoid the mistakes they made in the Asia Cup 2023 tournament back in Sri Lanka.

Squads:

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

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushan Hemantha.

So far, both the teams have faced each other in 80 ODIs. South Africa has been victorious in 45 matches and Sri Lanka has won 33 matches. Of these, South Africa has won four games out of six played so far in the World Cup

South Africa's wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock has scored 1,119 runs against Sri Lanka in just 24 ODI matches. Quinton needs 26 more fours to surpass Kumar Sangakkara's record of 171 fours against Sri Lanka in ODIs. Currently, the left-hander has 151 fours against Sri Lanka

South Africa's speedster Kagiso Rabada has 27 wickets in just 18 ODI matches against Sri Lanka. His best bowling figures against the Lankans is 4 wickets for 41 runs in ODIs. It is going to be an exciting match between the two teams