South Africa will take on Netherlands in the 15th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. With two wins in their first two matches of the flagship tournament, the Proteas are flying high, but at the same time, the Dutch are in the bottom half of the table with two straight losses. In their two previous ODI matches earlier this year, South Africa had defeated Netherlands in one-sided contests, a trend which might continue in their upcoming clash.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala have been very good for batting in the tournament, allowing the batters to score big runs at an accelerated rate. The average first innings score at this venue is 229, but this total could get easily breached if South Africa get the chance to bat first against Netherlands.
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
Playing XI of Netherlands
Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c)/(wk), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren