South Africa vs Afghanistan, Cricket World Cup 2023: Fantasy XI Prediction, Top Captaincy And Vice-Captaincy Picks

Afghanistan will go up against South Africa in match No. 42 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Friday, November 10. The match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It has been smooth sailing so far for South Africa, besides the defeats to Netherlands and India, one of which came in the last match. The team renowned for its high-scoring prowess with an array of stars in the batting line-up has struggled whenever they batted second and it may be a cause of worry for the management.

South Africa faced India in their last match and lost the match by 243 runs. In the first innings, Virat Kohli's century drove India to 326/5 in 50 overs, with all five of the first-choice bowlers picking a wicket each for the Proteas. Ravindra Jadeja's five-fer, however, dismantled the batting lineup for only 83 runs, their second-lowest total in ODIs.

With six wins in eight matches, they are through to the semi-finals and are likely to finish second or third. Their clash against Australia is also confirmed, the only pending result is to see which team finishes higher on the table.

Afghanistan, on the other hand, had a terrific opportunity to notch a historic win over Australia at the Wankhede in their previous match. After scoring 291/5 in 50 overs powered by a century from Ibrahim Zadran, Australia were reduced to 91/7 in 18.3 overs. But an unexpected onslaught from Glenn Maxwell, which saw him become the first batter to score a double century in a run chase, helped Australia win miraculously.

Afghanistan, with four wins in eight matches, are still in contention to reach the World Cup semi-finals. However, they need a string of results to go their way or register a massive win in the final match to strengthen their