Our featured match in Group 2 of Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup on Thursday sees India take on South Africa in a crucial match staged in Perth
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India v South Africa, Perth
This is the last of 3 matches taking place in Group 2 on Sunday. After 2 rounds of matches India have 4 points, South Africa and Zimbabwe have 3, Bangladesh 2 and Pakistan and the Netherlands have yet to earn a point.
India started with a 4 wicket win over Pakistan at the MCG with Kohli hitting an unbeaten 82 as they chased down 160 for victory. A routine 56 run over the Netherlands followed on Thursday with Kohli unbeaten on 62 in their bat first total of 179/2.
This is how India lined up last time out.
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
The Proteas opening game came against Zimbabwe in Hobart on Monday, after a lengthy rain delay the match got underway as a 9 overs per side contest but the rain returned with the Proteas poised for victory and no result was possible.
In their second match the Proteas thrashed Bangladesh by 104 runs at the SCG. They posted 205/5 with de Kock (53) and Rossouw (109) doing the damage. Nortje claimed 4 wickets and Shamsi 3 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 101.
This was how the Proteas lined up last time out.
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Head to Head
The teams have met 23 times in this format with South Africa winning 9, India have won 13 and there has been 1 no result
India were 2-1 winners at home to South Africa in a series which concluded earlier this month.
The Betting
India are currently trading at around 11/20 to win the game and South Africa can be backed at around 5/4
Rahul, Sharma and Kohli are 4/1 joint favourites to top score for India and de Kock is 5/2 to top score for the Proteas.
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The Verdict
The winner here will be in a really strong position to make the semi finals and it could be closer than the betting suggests.
I will stick with Rilee Rossouw to be top SA run scorer after he obliged for us last time out. In the equivalent market for India Suryakumar Yadav is my go to man.
Bets: Top SA Run Scorer Rilee Rossouw at 7/2 with Sportingbet
Top India Run Scorer Suryakumar Yadav at 9/2 with Sportingbet
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