With confidence, South Africa will face five-time world champions Australia at Kolkata’s Eden Garden in a legendary World Cup 2023 semi-final.
Before their match on Thursday, the Kangaroos and Proteas are playing well and will try to secure the final position in the main ICC event.
The Cummins-led team and the Bavuma-led team are well-known adversaries with a track record of memorable matches throughout World Cups. Fans in Kolkata are anticipating today’s match with great excitement, since both teams are quite evenly matched.
During the CWC23 group stage, South Africa and Australia both suffered defeats—the former against Men in Blue and the latter against Proteas and India under Rohit Sharma.
The current dynamics have shifted as Australia enters the semi-final with a fresh mindset and more self-assurance. Australia is a formidable rival because of players like Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell, who made history against Afghanistan.
Although the African team is preparing for a fierce match, they are concerned about Australia’s history as five-time winners, as Proteas never made it past the tournament’s semifinals.
Australia and South Africa have played each other in several World Cup matches and have each won three of them.
South Africa vs. Australia squads
Pat Cummins (captain), Steve Smith, Adam Zampa, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, and Mitchell Starc are the Australian players.
Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, and Lizaad Williams are the South African players for Temba Bavuma (c).
