Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has stated that South Africa have turn into contenders for the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 after defeating Australia. South Africa beat Australia 3-2 in a not too long ago concluded five-match ODI sequence.
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South Africa got here from 1-2 behind to win the final two matches to clinch the five-match sequence. The final two matches noticed South Africa beat Australia by enormous margins of 164 runs and 122 runs.
Following the ODI sequence, Pietersen took to social media platform ‘X’ to say that South Africa have turn into contenders after beating Australia, whereas insisting that India are the house favorites. India is about to host the ODI World Cup in October and November this yr.
“South Africa become contenders for the CWC after their win against Aus. Klaasen is the major asset. India favourites at home with Asia Cup win. Pakistan is always a threat. ALWAYS! England sitting just under India, in terms of favorites tag. And Australia, well they’ll be there and thereabouts,” Pietersen posted on ‘X’.
South Africa turn into contenders for the CWC after their win towards Aus. Klaasen is the key asset.
India favourites at house with Asia Cup win.
Pakistan is at all times a risk. ALWAYS!
England sitting just below India, by way of favourites tag.
And Australia, effectively they’ll beâæ
— Kevin Pietersenðæ (@KP24) September 18, 2023
The 10-team Cricket World Cup is about to kick-start on October 5. Eight groups gained direct qualification for the 46-day occasion, whereas Sri Lanka and the Netherlands certified the ultimate two spots through the qualifier spherical performed in Zimbabwe final month.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan and Netherlands are the ten groups which have certified for the marquee occasion. The group-stage shall be performed out in a round-robin format with the top-four groups qualifying for the knockout levels.
The semi-finals shall be performed in Mumbai on November 15 and in Kolkata on November 16, with the ultimate scheduled to be performed in Ahmedabad on November 19.
India’s 15-member World Cup squad:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Edited By:
Rounaq Sehrawat
Published On:
Sep 19, 2023
