World T20 League 2024, USA vs SA, Match 41, Super Eight: Preview and Fantasy Prediction
World T20 League 2024
USA vs. SA, 41st Match, Super Eight
Preview
South Africa will cross swords with the co-hosts United States of America in the inaugural encounter of the Super Eight stage of the World T20 League 2024. The match is scheduled to be hosted at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday, June 19.
The Proteas will enter this match being in seventh heaven having won all their group-stage matches. Though their last few games were uncomfortably close quarter wins, they managed to win all of them. The Markram-led side has faced some batting challenges and should be determined from now on whether they are opening or chasing the target. As we know the tournament has been revolving around positive intents and wins of course, South Africa just like other big fishes would try to start their knockout stage campaign with a thumping win.
It has been a phenomenal journey for the Debutants USA so far. They have produced surprising results in Group A encounters especially an upset against last year's finalists Pakistan in a Super Over thriller. At one point, they also stunned India, by taking quick wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli which brought them into the global headlines. Their clash against Ireland was another well-anticipated battle which was later abandoned due to rain.
Match Details
Match: World T20 League 2024, USA vs SA, 41st Match
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Time: 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Pitch and Weather Report
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua favours the fast bowlers as the surface has a good bounce, which poses a threat to the batsmen. Spinners can expect average assistance here. The pitch tends to slow down as the match progresses. Also, the ground shows a balanced pitch with an average score of 120 runs which gives an equal chance to both the batsmen and the bowler.
The weather is predicted to be cloudy with a temperature ranging between 26 to 31 degrees Celsius on the match day.
USA vs. SA Squads
USA: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones (vc), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserve Players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad
SA: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
USA vs. SA Probable Playing XIs
USA: Monank Patel (c & wk), Steven Taylor, Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Corey Anderson, Nitish Kumar, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan
SA: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock(wk), Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
Match Prediction
The United States of America has so far impressed the whole cricketing world with their splendid performance. The side has pressurised two of the biggest names in World Cricket namely India and Pakistan. Worth mentioning, is producing one of the major upsets in World cricket i.e. defeating Pakistan in a WC Super Over bout. They have a strong and confidence-driven bowling attack, one area in which they need to improve is their batting attack. On the other side stands one of the major trophy contenders South Africa who will not take any of their opponents lightly after witnessing so many upsets in this edition of the World T20 League 2024. They are having a good campaign so far and receiving good efforts from both the batting and bowling ends. Hence we expect the Proteas to come on the top at the end of this match.
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