England will be going up against South Africa in the 20th match of the ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In their previous encounter of the flagship tournament, the Three Lions were defeated for the first time ever by Afghanistan, while the Proteas lost to the Netherlands a couple of days later too. Hence, England are currently under pressure in the ODI World Cup 2023, with more losses than wins thus far, which is why they desperately need to get the better of South Africa on October 21. Pitch Report England versus South Africa is going to be the first match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which puts us in the unknown in regards to how the pitches might play. Although the average first-inning score at this venue in ODIs is 245, the expectation of a total in the range of 280-300 is definitely not out of the question in the upcoming encounter between the Three Lions and the Proteas. Playing XI of England Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c)/(wk), Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley Playing XI of South Africa Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi