SA vs AUS Live Scorecard: Team India has made it to the finals of the ODI World Cup after 20 years. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the team won by 70 runs against New Zealand in the first semi-final of the World Cup 2023. Today, South Africa and Australia will meet in the second semi-final. This match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The team that wins this match will face India in the final. The final match will be played on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Australia has won the ODI World Cup title the most 5 times. In such a situation, it will not be easy for South Africa to overcome the Kangaroo team.
Talking about the first semi-final, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer scored centuries for Team India. Because of this, batting first, the Indian team managed to make a huge score of 397 runs for 4 wickets. New Zealand also put up a good fight in reply. But fast bowler Mohammad Shami took 7 wickets and restricted the Kiwi team to 327 runs. Daryl Mitchell scored his second consecutive century against Team India, but it proved to be insufficient for the team’s victory.
As for South Africa, Quinton de Kock is in great form. He has scored 4 centuries so far. Apart from this, Rasi van der Dusen, Aidan McCram and Henrik Klaasen have also scored centuries. Fast bowler Gerard Coetzee has taken 18 wickets and left-arm fast bowler Marco Jensen has taken 17 wickets. Talking about the Australian team, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh have scored 2 centuries each. Travis Head has also scored a century. Adam Zampa, the leg-spinner of the Kangaroos team, is in great form. He has taken 22 wickets so far. Apart from this, fast bowler Jos Hazlewood has also taken 12 wickets.
The South African team has defeated Australia in the league round match of the World Cup 2023. In such a situation, the team would like to repeat the same feat once again under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma. So far 7 matches have been played between the two teams in the history of ODI World Cup. Both have won 3-3 matches. This is the third match between Australia and South Africa in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In 1999, the Kangaroo team managed to make it to the final after the match was tied. Australia won the 2007 semi-final.