ICC World Cup 2015: Team India Vs South Africa Match on 22nd February - Preview
Team India is going play its next match in world cup tourney with South Africa tomorrow. India had a record of defeating Pakistan in every match it played in the world cup but this is not the case with South Africa
Melbourne: South Africa is one of the best teams in the world with good quality players in all the departments. India and South Africa played three world cup matches till now and was defeated in all matches. Dhoni team wants to defeat South Africa in tomorrow’s match and were seen sweating at nets. Team management announced that Indian pacer Bhuvneswar Kumar is fit and will be available for tomorrows match.
Pace bowling is one of the strength of South Africa team. It will be challenge for Indian batsmen to face Style. All the batsmen presently in Team India could not face his bowling during their tour to South Africa in 2014. Morkel, Philander are other batsmen Indian batsmen should be careful about. Indian team has not faced Philander much and he is likely to play a crucial role in tomorrow’s match.
AB De Villiers can face any bowler in the world and can send the ball to stands. Indian bowling is weak now and it is doubtful whether Indian bowlers can restrict him. He has good understanding of all the bowlers in Indian team as he played IPL matches in India. India’s winning chances depend on how fast AB is sent to back to pavilion.
Hasheem Amla does not lose his wicket easily and he does not face any difficulty in facing spin bowlers. Plessis is another South Africa batsman who has an experience of playing in IP. He played along with Jadeja and Ashwin in IPL and this experience will definitely help in. Duplessis is expected to play crucial role in middle order.
Performance of Team India in the first match against Pakistan is satisfactory expect for the form of Indian captain Dhoni. Dhoni scored only one half century in the last ten one day matches. He is known s a great match finished but is failing as batsmen in recent times. Winning any match depends on captaincy also. Captain’s strategies, placing of fielders, using bowling resources decide the match winner. Thus it is expected that Dhoni will regain his form and lead India to win one more world cup.
