World Cup 2023: Without Williamson. New Zealand will face Africa, playing XI will be like this
Pune. world cup 2023 The 33rd match will be played between the teams of New Zealand and South Africa, who are considered strong contenders for the semi-finals. This match will be played at MCA Stadium in Pune. The Kiwi team has lost both its last matches. In such a situation, another defeat can make their path to the knockout round difficult. If the South African team is successful in winning this match, it will almost secure a place in the semi-finals. South Africa currently has 10 points from 6 matches while New Zealand has 8 points from 6 matches. If South Africa wins, it will have 12 points and will become the biggest contender to reach the semi-finals along with India. In this match, the Kiwi team will be without Kane Williamson.
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Whose magic will be seen on the Pune pitch?
The MCA Stadium has historically been known as a batting-friendly wicket. However, as the game progresses on this pitch, spin bowlers may get help. Despite this, due to better bounce on the pitch, batsmen can be seen playing their shots easily. In such a situation, this match can be high scoring. world cup 2023 This will be the third match here. The first two matches have been won by the teams batting later. In such a situation, the role of toss is also going to be important.
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MCA Stadium Statistics
world cup 2023 The match between South Africa and New Zealand is to be held at the MCA Stadium in Pune. A total of 9 ODI matches have been played so far at the MCA Stadium, in which the team batting first has won 4 times and the team batting second innings has won 5 times. The average score of the first innings in Pune is 294 runs. At the same time, the average score of the second innings in Pune is 274 runs. The highest score by any team at the MCA Stadium in ODI is 356 runs, which was made by India against England.
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New Zealand has the upper hand
If we look at the record of the ODI World Cup, New Zealand seems to have the upper hand here. A total of 8 matches have been played so far in the World Cup between New Zealand and South Africa. Kiwi team has been successful in winning 6 matches. On the other hand, South African team has been able to win only 2 matches. The New Zealand team has been successful in winning the last five matches played between the two since 2003. In such world cup 2023 It is not going to be easy for South Africa to win this match.
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War between Quinton de Kock and Rachin Ravindra
South Africa’s opener batsman Quinton de Kock is in excellent form. They world cup 2023 He is also the batsman who has scored the most runs. De Kock has scored 431 runs in 6 innings at an average of 72. Has scored 3 centuries. 174 runs is the best performance. On the other hand, for New Zealand, Rachin Ravindra has scored 406 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. South Africa’s Aiden McCram and Heinrich Klaasen and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway will also be kept an eye on.
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Santner and Yanson are not far behind
world cup 2023 The match between South Africa and New Zealand is to be held in Pune. For New Zealand, left arm spinner Mitchell Santner is in excellent form. He has taken 14 wickets so far. On the other hand, South Africa’s left arm fast bowler Marco Janson has taken 13 wickets in his name. Fast bowler Gerald Cootjee has also taken 12 wickets. Kiwi team’s fast bowler Matt Henry has taken 11 wickets in his name.
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Probable playing XI of both the teams for today’s match in World Cup 2023
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain and wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansson, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi and Gerald Cootji/Kagiso Rabada.
