AUS vs SA: Today Australia faces South Africa in the second semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023. This match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. The Indian team defeated New Zealand on Wednesday and made it to the finals and today it will be decided which team will face Team India in the title match. When South Africa and Australia met in the league stage, Temba Baume’s team gave a crushing defeat to the Kangaroos.
South Africa’s Fifth Semi Final
AUS vs SA: South Africa will face five-time champion Australia today in the second semi-final match of the World Cup 2023. South Africa would like to change its fortunes in this match to be played at Eden Gardens. At the same time, Australia will use its full strength.
Australia has reached the World Cup semi-finals six times so far and won on five occasions. They lost to England in the only semi-final of the 2019 World Cup. On the other hand, from 1992 to 2023, South Africa has reached the last four for the fifth time.
AUS vs SA Clash
Both the teams will meet for the third time in the World Cup semi-finals. They faced each other for the first time in the 1999 World Cup. That match was tied, but Australia reached the final due to better net run rate in the Super Six stage.
In the ODI World Cup, both the teams have met seven times so far and both have registered three wins each while one match has been tied. So far, there have been 109 ODI matches between the two teams, out of which South Africa has won 55 while Australia has won 50. Three matches have been tied and one inconclusive.
How does the Eden Gardens pitch play?
AUS vs SA: The second semi-final match of the World Cup 2023 between South Africa and Australia (SA vs AUS) is to be played at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Batsmen dominate this ground.
The last match was played between England and Pakistan on this ground, where the English team, batting first, scored 337 runs on the scoreboard. However, not many big scores have been seen here in this World Cup. Along with the batsmen, the pitch also provides good help to the fast bowlers in the beginning.
How will the weather be in Eden Gardens?
AUS vs SA: Actually, the second semi-final match of ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. There is a shadow of rain over this match. There is a 50 percent chance of rain in Kolkata on Thursday. The temperature can remain between 23 to 26 degrees. In such a situation, if it rains, there is no need to worry, a reserve day has been kept for the semi-final match.
AUS vs SA: Probable playing XI of both the teams-
South Africa- Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Younsen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
Australia – David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.
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