ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: For the first time, a double header match is being played in the World Cup on Saturday, October 7. In this, the first match has started between Bangladesh and Afghanistan and the second match is being played between South Africa and Sri Lanka. This second match is being played at the Arun Jaitley International Stadium in Delhi from 2 pm. In this match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bowl first and said that dew is expected to come on this ground later, so we want to bowl first. We have a good bowling attack, we will try to restrict them to minimum score. Apart from some injury problems, our preparations have been good. I am alright. There are three fast bowlers and three all-rounders in our team.
After losing the toss, South African captain Temba Bavuma said that we also wanted to bowl first. Our team is good. We could not play all the practice matches, but we were in good shape during the home matches. From the batting point of view one has to adjust to the conditions. We will have to do the same in bowling also. There are four fast bowlers and one specialist spin bowler in our team.
Sri Lanka’s playing eleven: Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Velalej, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha.
South Africa’s playing eleven: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada.
Low scoring matches are usually seen on Delhi grounds, and mostly the team batting later wins. In such a situation, now it has to be seen what happens in this World Cup match between South Africa and Sri Lanka.