ENG vs SA Possible Playing 11: England and South Africa will clash in the second match of the World Cup 2023 today (21 October). This match will start at 2 pm at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This match will be very important for both England and South Africa. In fact, both the teams have suffered upsets in their respective previous matches. South Africa had to face defeat at the hands of Netherlands while England was defeated by Afghanistan. In such a situation, in today’s match both these teams would like to return to the winning track at any cost.
After the defeat by Afghanistan, there were indications of Ben Stokes’s early return to the England team. The head coach of England himself had talked about Stokes’ availability in the match against South Africa. Now that Stokes’ return is certain, it is possible that the powerful all-rounder Liam Livingstone may have to sit out of the English team. Along with this, two more changes can also happen in England. Gus Atkinson can get a place in the playing-11 in place of Chris Woakes and David Willey in place of Sam Curran.
England’s probable playing-11: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c, wk), Harry Brook, Chris Woakes/Gus Atkinson, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley.
How will South Africa’s playing-11 be?
Despite suffering a setback against the Netherlands, there is no possibility of any change in South Africa’s playing-11. She can enter the field only with the playing-11 of the previous match.
Probable playing-11 of South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Yansin, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi/Gerald Coetzee.
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