The clash between Australia and South Africa will be played in Lucknow's Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Toss will happen at 1:30 pm and the match will begin at 2:00 pm. Temba Bavuma will be captaining the South Africa team and Pat Cummins will be the captain of Australia
Both Australia and South Africa are playing their second match of the ICC World Cup 2023. After the loss to India, Australia will look to avoid the mistakes they made in their previous game. South Africa will play the match with a positive mindset after they started the World Cup campaign with a win against Sri Lanka
Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen are the three centurions of South Africa from the previous match. They also registered the record of three centuries in a single World Cup innings. All eyes will be on the trio for today's match
South Africa's Gerald Coetzee and Kagiso Rabada were the main bowlers from the previous match who struck wickets at the right time to help Proteas secure a win over Sri Lanka. Coetzee picked 3 wickets for 68 runs and Rabada had 2 wickets for 50 runs in his pockets
South Africa and Australia have faced in 108 ODI matches till now. Australia has won 50 matches and South Africa 54. This will be the main point from today's match to watch out for
Kagiso Rabada has 26 wickets against Australia in the ODI's so far. Josh Hazlewood has 25 wickets against South Africa
Squads:
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc
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
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