India will look to add to South Africa’s agony when they face beleaguered Faf du Plessis’ men in their first World Cup 2019 encounter, on Wednesday. The Proteas are hurting after two defeats against England and Bangladesh, while India are fresh and raring to go, and that only makes them more dangerous. India, after their second warm-up match against Bangladesh, had more than a week’s time to tune off and get themselves prepared for their first World Cup match.
It will be interesting to see whether Virat Kohli will go in with both the spinners — Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal — or will go in with an extra pacer in the form of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to strengthen their pace attack — led by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami.
However, given the inability of the South African batsmen to play against spinners, Kohli might be tempted to play ‘Kul-cha’. Both Chahal and Kuldeep were extremely successful against the Proteas batsmen in the ODI series in South Africa last year which India had won. It would still not be easy for India to go past South Africa considering their record in World Cups. In the four World Cup games these two teams have played, India have won just one and lost three. And even in overall ODIs, South Africa hold a 46-34 edge.
When and where will World Cup 2019 match between India and South Africa be played?
India vs South Africa World Cup 2019 match 8 will be played at The Rose Bowl, Southampton, on June 5 2019 from 3 PM (IST) onwards.
When and where to watch the World Cup 2019 match between India and South Africa?
The match will live telecast on Star Sports network from 3 PM (IST) onwards. The match will live telecast on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 1 HD and Star Sports 2 HD.
Where to watch the live streaming of the match between India and South Africa?
The match will live stream on Hotstar.
