New Delhi:
India is competing against South Africa in ICC Champions Trophy match at the Oval in London on Sunday. The winner will qualify for the semi-final.
Both the 'Men in Blue' and the Proteas dubbed as strong title contenders find themselves on the verge of crashing out from the tournament.
While Proteas were upset by a resurgent Pakistan side, Indians were stunned by a young and spirited Lankan side.
Though SA have an overwhelming record against India in ODI's, India have never lost to them in three of their previous Champions Trophy encounters.
Proteas have a long history of choking in crunch games so India would look to expose that chink in the armour plus their traditional weakness against spin which has been their nemesis in the past.
With both teams heavy on batting arsenal with some of the modern day greats in Amla, De Villiers and Kohli in their ranks, expect a run fest on the cards.
There is plenty of firepower for both sides in the lower order with power-hitters in Miller, Morris, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Pandya.
The pace attack for both the teams is pretty formidable and both have world class spinners in Tahir and Ashwin. Hope the rain gods stay away and we have a full game of cricket to decide the deserving winner.
India Team
RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli*, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni†, HH Pandya, KM Jadhav, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, R Ashwin, JJ Bumrah
South Africa Team
Q de Kock†, HM Amla, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers*, DA Miller, JP Duminy, CH Morris, K Rabada, AL Phehlukwayo, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Umpires - Aleem Dar and PR Reiffel
TV Umpire - RK Illingworth
Match referee - DC Boon
Reserve Umpire - RA Kettleborough
#CT17 #INDvsSA: India reach semi-final after crushing South Africa by 8 wickets. Ind 193/2 in 38 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 183/2 in 37 overs @imVkohli 75 (100), @YUVSTRONG12 14 (20)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 176/2 in 36 overs @imVkohli 70 (98), @YUVSTRONG12 12 (16)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 173/2 in 35 overs @imVkohli 69 (96), @YUVSTRONG12 10 (12)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 166/2 in 34 overs @imVkohli 64 (93), @YUVSTRONG12 8 (9)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 162/2 in 33 overs @imVkohli 62 (90), @YUVSTRONG12 6 (6)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 156/2 in 32 overs @imVkohli 61 (89), @YUVSTRONG12 1 (1)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 154/2 in 31 overs @imVkohli 59 (83), @YUVSTRONG12 1 (1)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: @SDhawan25 falls after scoring 78. #Ind 151-2 in 30.1 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: India score 151 in 30 overs. Kohli 57 (79), Dhawan 78 (82)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 148/1 in 29 overs @imVkohli 55 (75), @SDhawan25 77 (80)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morris to Dhawan, FOUR! Two consecutive boundaries by Dhawan put South Africa under pressure. Ind 142/1 in 28 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Virat Kohli scores 50 runs in 71 balls. Ind 132/1 in 27.1 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 131/1 in 27 overs @imVkohli 49 (70), @SDhawan25 66 (73)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 125/1 in 26 overs @imVkohli 48 (68), @SDhawan25 61 (69)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morris to Dhawan, FOUR! India in commanding position against South Africa. Ind 124/1 in 25.3 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 118/1 in 25 overs @imVkohli 47 (66), @SDhawan25 55 (65)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: @SDhawan25 scores 50 in 61 balls. #Ind 114/1 in 23.2 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morkel to Kohli, FOUR! Kohli getting momentum after slow start. Ind 110/1 in 22.5 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 102/1 in 22 overs @imVkohli 39 (55), @SDhawan25 49 (58)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: India score 100 in 20.5 overs. Kohli 38 (51), Dhawan 48 (55)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Phehlukwayo to Dhawan, FOUR! Excellent show by Dhawan. Ind 90/1 in 20 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Tahir to Dhawan, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries by Dhawan. Ind 85/1 in 19 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 76/1 in 18 overs @imVkohli 27 (42), @SDhawan25 35 (47)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 75/1 in 17 overs @imVkohli 26 (39), @SDhawan25 35 (44)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 70/1 in 16 overs @imVkohli 25 (38), @SDhawan25 31 (39)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 65/1 in 15 overs @imVkohli 21 (33), @SDhawan25 30 (38)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Phehlukwayo to Kohli, SIX! Brilliant six by Virat Kohli. Ind 56/1 in 13.1 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 50 in 12.5 overs. @imVkohli 9 (24), @SDhawan25 28 (35)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 47/1 in 12 overs @imVkohli 6 (19), @SDhawan25 28 (34)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 41/1 in 11 overs @imVkohli 3 (15), @SDhawan25 25 (32)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 37/1 in 10 overs @imVkohli 2 (12), @SDhawan25 22 (29)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morkel to Dhawan, FOUR! Two consecutive boundaries by Dhawan, excellent display of batting. Ind 34-1 in 9.3 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 26/1 in 9 overs @imVkohli 2 (12), @SDhawan25 12 (22)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 24/1 in 8 overs @imVkohli 1 (7), @SDhawan25 11 (21)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 24/1 in 7 overs @imVkohli 1 (7), @SDhawan25 11 (15)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Rohit Sharma gets out as India lose 1st wicket. Ind 23-1 in 5.3 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 23/0 in 4 overs @ImRo45 12 (17), @SDhawan25 11 (13)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Rabada to Dhawan, FOUR! Poor fielding by South Africa. Ind 23/0 4.4 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 18/0 in 4 overs @ImRo45 11 (15), @SDhawan25 7 (9)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morkel to Dhawan, SIX! Fantastic shot by Dhawan. Ind 18/0 (3.5 Ovs)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 12/0 in 3 overs @ImRo45 11 (15), @SDhawan25 1 (3)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 2/0 in 2 overs @ImRo45 1 (9), @SDhawan25 1 (3)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #India score 0/0 in 1 over @ImRo45 0 (0), @SDhawan25 0 (0)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: South Africa capitulate to India's phenomenal bowling; gets all out for 191
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 190/9 in 44 overs @jpduminy21 19 (38), #ImranTahir 1 (7)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Morne Morkel gets out as SA lose 9th wicket. SA 184-9 in 42.3 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Kagiso Rabada gets out as SA lose 8th wicket. SA 184-8 in 42.2 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 184/7 in 42 overs @jpduminy21 19 (36), @KagisoRabada25 5 (6)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Phehlukwayo gets out as SA lose 7th wicket. SA 178-7 in 40.1 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 178/6 in 40 overs @jpduminy21 18 (31), @andileluck19 4 (10)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 175/6 in 39 overs @jpduminy21 17 (30), @andileluck19 2 (5)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 169/6 in 38 overs @jpduminy21 12 (27), @andileluck19 1 (2)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica lose sixth wicket, #ChrisMorris gets out. SA 167/6 in 36.4 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 165/5 in 36 overs @jpduminy21 10 (19), #ChrisMorris 4 (6)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 162/5 in 35 overs @jpduminy21 8 (15), #ChrisMorris 3 (4)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica lose 5th wicket, @hardikpandya7 bowls out @faf1307. SA 159-5 in 34 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 156/4 in 33 overs @jpduminy21 5 (8), @faf1307 36 (49)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 152/4 in 32 overs @jpduminy21 3 (4), @faf1307 34 (47)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 148/4 in 31 overs @jpduminy21 2 (3), @faf1307 32 (42)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: @DavidMillerSA12 gets run out. SA 142/4 in 29.1 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: AB de Villiers gets run out, excellent fielding by R Jadeja. SA 140/3 in 28.2 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 139/2 in 28 overs @ABdeVilliers17 15 (11), @faf1307 27 (31)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 132/2 in 27 overs @ABdeVilliers17 10 (7), @faf1307 25 (29)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 131/2 in 26 overs @ABdeVilliers17 9 (6), @faf1307 25 (24)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: @imjadeja bowled out #QuintondeKock for 53 runs in 72 balls. SA 116/2 in 24.2 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #QuintondeKock scores 50 in a crucial match against #India. SA 116/1 in 24 overs.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 110/1 in 23 overs #QuintondeKock 49 (67), @faf1307 18 (17)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 104/1 in 22 overs #QuintondeKock 47 (64), @faf1307 14 (14)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 94/1 in 20 overs #QuintondeKock 42 (57), Faf du Plessis 10 (9)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Ashwin to Amla, OUT! Briliant display of bowling by Ashwin. SA 76/1 in 17.3 overs
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 71/0 in 17 overs @amlahash 31 (51), #QuintondeKock 35 (51)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 67/0 in 16 overs @amlahash 29 (49), #QuintondeKock 33 (47)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 62/0 in 15 overs @amlahash 27 (47), #QuintondeKock 30 (43)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Pandya to Amla, FOUR! Spectacular shot by @amlahash.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: Pandya to Amla, SIX! Brilliant shot by @amlahash. @hardikpandya7 under pressure now.
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 52/0 in 13 overs @amlahash 17 (41), #QuintondeKock 30 (43)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 48/0 in 12 overs @amlahash 15 (35), #QuintondeKock 28 (37)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 41/0 in 11 overs @amlahash 13 (33), #QuintondeKock 23 (33)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: #SouthAfrica score 35/0 in 9 overs @amlahash 11 (31), #QuintondeKock 20 (29)
#CT17 #INDvsSA: South Africa score 33/0 in 8 overs Hashim Amla 11 (26), Quinton de Kock 19 (28)
#Bhubaneshwar Kumar begins first over for, For SA Amla and Quinton de Kock opening the batting
#The battle for survival between the two heavyweights of cricket begins at the Oval. A Galaxy of stalwarts stand up to their national anthems
#R Ashwin comes in place of Umesh Yadav
#India win toss, Kohli elects to ball first against South Africa
