2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Game 37 India v South Africa 5/11 1900hrs @ Eden Gardens

[Gough]

India from, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Prasidh Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav.
South Africa from, Temba Bavuma (c), 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, Lizaad Williams.

 

[Cmarsh]

Preview to the final.

 

[Daniel B]

Why does it say "Today at 1:21pm"? It's still 12:45 EDST.

My heart wants South Africa to teach India a lesson here, but reality is such lessons are best left to the final. A close win for India would be better - we want Saffers to be the ones doing the learning at this stage.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Looking forward to this. I think they are probably the best two teams in the competition right now.

 

[Jascave]

Looking forward to this. I think they are probably the best two teams in the competition right now.

Agree. We'll know a lot more about India and South Africa after today's game. This matchup has the hallmarks of a classic contest.

 

[010203]

South Africa will want to bat first, India will want to bowl first. If given the choice, I'd bat first if I was India.

 

[akkaps]

Big game tonight. Will be a good watch

 

[Nel_cats]

excited to see the SA batsman against the Indian attack

 

[Cleavy]

oh it's Kohli's 35th birthday. I'm sure that will be mentioned A LOT today

 

[Santana]

Looking forward to this. I think they are probably the best two teams in the competition right now.

Form wise there is no doubt they are the two best teams in the competition

Wonder if both teams will hold cards close to their chest tonight since there is a good chance they will play again in a few weeks

 

[010203]

India batting first. Good for South Africa to see how they perform batting 2nd. They've had an embarrassing loss and a shaky win when chasing.

 

[akkaps]

Hopefully we can put on 370 odd.

 

[magpiemaniac44]

India winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Rohit has learnt from the mistakes Buttler and Latham made by choosing to bowl first.

India have been the only team able to chase well this tournament (5 from 5), but probably a good decision making SA chase

 

[010203]

Eden Gardens holds fond memories for Australia in one day cricket. Not so when it comes to test cricket.

 

[010203]

oh it's Kohli's 35th birthday. I'm sure that will be mentioned A LOT today

Didn't take long for Harsha to mention it haha.

 

[Cleavy]

Didn't take long for Harsha to mention it haha.

no drinking game for this, ok!

 

[akkaps]

You can actually hear the crowd sing the Indian national anthem.

 

[010203]

no drinking game for this, ok!

Take a sip when somebody says it's Kohli's birthday.

 

[010203]

A hat trick of wides for Jansen.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Gold from Harsha.

 

[akkaps]

Runs.

 

[010203]

It's been a dream start for India.

 

[akkaps]

Perfect shot from Shubman

 

[akkaps]

Tough catching opportunity. Not sure if he should have been able to get to the ball

 

[Silly Mid On]

SA choking / imploding