SA vs AFG / Afghanistan won the toss, decided to bat first - see playing 11

SA vs AFG: Today South Africa faces Afghanistan in the 42nd match of the World Cup 2023. This match is being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The South African team has already reached the semi-finals. However, in the last match it had to face a crushing defeat against India. In such a situation, the team will try to regain momentum. At the same time, the Afghanistan team is not out of the race for the semi-finals, but the equations are very difficult for them. Afghanistan will have to win against South Africa by 438 or more runs.

Both teams are as follows

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Omerzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Naveen-ul-Haq.

South Africa, which has qualified for the semi-finals, is at second place in the points table with 12 points after 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 matches. On the other hand, Afghanistan is at sixth position with 8 points from 4 wins in 8 matches. To qualify for the semi-finals, they will have to win today's match by a margin of 438 runs. If the team comes out to defend the score, it will be out of the race even before the match starts.

Only one ODI match was played between the two teams

The teams of South Africa and Afghanistan have met only once in ODI. This match was played in the 2019 World Cup. South Africa won this match by 9 wickets. Apart from this, both of them never met face to face.

South Africa lost to India in the last match

In the ODI World Cup 2023, South Africa made a great start to its journey by defeating Sri Lanka. After this, in the second match the team defeated five-time champion Australia. After losing to Netherlands in the third match, the team defeated England, Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand. However, in the last match it had to face defeat against host India.

Pitch report

The Ahmedabad pitch has been helpful for the batsmen, but it also helps the bowlers. Here the spinners get support in the middle overs. The fourth match of this World Cup will be played here.

Of the 29 ODIs played here so far, 15 matches have been won by the teams batting first. The chasing teams won in 14 matches.

The average total in the first inning is 243 runs. The highest team score here is 365 runs, which was made by South Africa against India in 2010. The lowest score is 85, which was made by Zimbabwe against West Indies in 2006.

Weather condition

The weather will be clear in Ahmedabad today. There is only 1% chance of rain. The temperature will be between 22 to 36 degrees Celsius.