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Team India will have a challenging opponent in the form of South Africa on October 30 (Sunday) at Perth Stadium. Rohit Sharma-led side has secured top-spot in its respective group with comprehensive wins in first two games of the Super-12 stage. While Virat Kohli played a fine innings in the opening game against arch-rival Pakistan, the  33-year-old carried on his top-form in the second game and got much needed assistance from middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav against Netherlands.

While batting first, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav smashed crucial half-centuries, guiding India to a dominating position after the first innings. In response, Netherlands succumbed Infront of fierce bowling from India as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin picked two wickets each. 

With that win, Team India has stationed itself at the helm of Group 2 with four points and +1.425 net-run rate. Meanwhile, South Africa registered a 104-run victory over Bangladesh on the back of Rilee Rossouw's incredible 109 off 56 deliveries. Quinton de Kock also played a fine innings on the day as he scored blistering 63 in 38 balls. Proteas are currently at the second position in the Group 2 with one point and one abandoned match against Zimbabwe. The 30th match of the ICC tournament between South Africa and India will be yet another exciting clash as both sides features world-class players in their group. 

According to weather prediction, Sunday will be relatively cold as the temperature will fluctuate from 18 deg. Celsius during the day time to 7 degrees at night.  While the rain forecast will be good news for the Indian cricket fans as rain is not expected to disturb the proceedings of the day. With 51 humidity on the day, we can expect complete match on Sunday evening.

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