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India and South Africa will be facing off at the Optus Stadium in Brisbane in a marquee Group 2 clash of the on-going edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. The Proteas have a chance of displacing India to the top spot in the standings with a victory in this game. On the other hand, India has an opportunity to further seal their chances of qualifying to the semi-final stage of the tournament by taking two points from this encounter.

South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 104 runs in the previous game after their first match against Zimbabwe didn’t yield any result. The Rohit Sharma-led side too is coming on the back of a convincing 56-run win against the Netherlands. The two teams are in an imperious run of form currently and hence it promises to be an absolute cracker of a contest at Perth.

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IND vs SA Possible Playing XI

India is likely to keep an unchanged playing XI for this match.

India: 1: Rohit Sharma (C), 2: KL Rahul, 3: Virat Kohli, 4: Suryakumar Yadav, 5: Hardik Pandya, 6: Dinesh Karthik (WK), 7: Axar Patel, 8: Ravichandran Ashwin, 9: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10: Arshdeep Singh, 11: Mohammed Shami.

South Africa could look to bring in Marco Jansen in place of either Keshav Maharaj or Tabraiz Shamsi considering the pitch condition in Perth. The Proteas could go with Maharaj given Shamsi’s poor record against India.

South Africa: 1: Temba Bavuma (C), 2: Quinton de Kock (WK), 3: Rilee Rossouw, 4: Tristan Stubbs, 5: Aiden Markram, 6: David Miller, 7: Wayne Parnell, 8: Marco Jansen, 9: Kagiso Rabada, 10: Anrich Nortje, 11: Keshav Maharaj

Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

India:

• KL Rahul hasn’t scored big in the couple of games so far. However, he has notched half-centuries in both T20Is that he has played against South Africa until now. Will this be his evening to step up for the team? 
• With an average and strike rate of 41.29 and 184.86 respectively in 25 T20Is this year, Suryakumar Yadav will be the key threat for the Proteas particularly in the middle-phase of the Indian innings.
• Virat Kohli tends to be a regular bank of runs in T20Is against South Africa. He has an average of 38.25 and strike rate of 135.40 in 12 T20Is vs Proteas.
• As the designated finisher of the side, Dinesh Karthik will be looking to exploit the South African bowling attack. The wicketkeeper-batsman has a terrific average and strike rate of 35.83 and 155.80 in 12 T20Is against the Proteas.
• With an economy rate of 6.80 and bowling strike rate of 15, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has plucked 15 wickets in 11 T20Is against South Africa. The pacer is likely to thrive in the prevalent conditions in Perth.
• Arshdeep Singh ripped through the South Africa top order in a T20I last month. He dismissed left-handers de Kock, Rossouw and Miller in a superb spell.

South Africa:

• Quinton de Kock has an impressive average and strike rate of 31.50 and 144.50 along with three half-centuries in 13 T20Is this year. Also, against India, de Kock has scored 311 runs at an average of 51.83 and strike rate of 142.01.
• David Miller has really cranked it up for South Africa in T20Is in 2022. With an average of 57 and strike rate of 182.69, the southpaw has notched 285 runs in 11 T20I innings so far.
• Rilee Rossouw has added another dynamic element in the middle-order for South Africa. The 33-year-old has an average and strike rate of 68 and 184.78 in eight T20Is that he has represented the Proteas in 2022 so far. He has struck two centuries in a row, including 100* (48) in his last game vs India.
• Aiden Markram, with an average and strike rate of 40.40 and 159.06 respectively in T20Is in 2022, is another man in form that India needs to counter in order to bag two points from this game.
• Can Kagiso Rabada deliver against India? He averages 37.00 with an economy of 7.40 in 11 matches against them. Anrich Nortje, who took four wickets against Bangladesh, will be seeking an improvement against India too: 7 inns, 5 wickets, avg. 43.20, econ. 9.82.

Other Stats and Facts

• Head-to-head: Matches 25, India 13, South Africa 9, N/R 3.
• Tristan Stubbs has maintained an incredible strike rate of 183.95 in 11 T20Is since his debut in the format earlier this year. South Africa will bank on him to up the ante to an extent in the middle overs.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs Temba Bavuma in T20Is: 25 balls, 13 runs, 1 dismissal.
• Rohit Sharma vs South Africa: 15 inns, 405 runs, avg. 28.93, SR 130.23.
• India has a tremendous record against South Africa in T20 World Cups. Out of the five face-offs between the two sides across all the editions of the tournament, India has emerged victorious in four of these games.
• There have been incessant calls to drop South African skipper Temba Bavuma from the playing XI. The captain has a batting average of merely 9.71 to go with a strike rate of 79.07 in nine T20Is in 2022.

Optus Stadium Perth Stadium Pitch Report and Weather

The Optus Stadium in Perth has a lot to offer to pacers and one can expect a thrilling battle between the batsmen and the bowlers in the upcoming game as well. The average first innings batting score in merely 142 in T20Is played in this ground.

There are 45 per cent chances of showers taking place during the start of the game with the temperature hovering around 16 degree Celsius. However, the weather is expected to get clearer and make way for the game to take place without any weather-related interruptions later on.

IND vs SA Dream11 Prediction Today Match 30 October 2022

Note: The below teams are not based on the final playing XIs. We may not be able to update these in time. Use the stats and commentary in this article as well as your own instincts to create your teams.

Option 1:

Option 2:

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Fan2Play Prediction

Base Team:

• Wicket-Keepers: Quinton de Kock
• Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Rilee Rossouw
• All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya
• Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Arshdeep Singh

T20 World Cup 2022 Match 30: IND vs SA Match Prediction – Who will win?

What a contest this promises to be. Perhaps, given the strength of the attacks, a score of 150 might be a winning one.