Team: South Africa vs Netherlands
Venue: HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Time: October 17 at 2pm
With South Africa taking on the Netherlands at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday at 2pm, there is a clear domination from the Proteas side who are a confident lot after defeating Sri Lanka and Australia in their first two matches.
South Africa crushed Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their New Delhi opener after scoring 428/5 and thrashed five-time champions Australia in Lucknow in by 134-run victory.
The Dutch who have been trounced by Pakistan in an 81-run defeat and lost to New Zealand for 99 runs will be hoping to pull an Afghanistan who beat defending champions England. Interestingly, the Netherlands crushed the Proteas by 13 runs in the T20 World Cup last year.
South Africa clashed with the Dutch thrice in the previous World Cup tournaments and the Proteas beat the latter all three times.
Weather forecast
There is 55 per cent chance of precipitation with a cloud cover of 79 per cent, according to AccuWeather. The forecast predicts 65 per cent humidity with the temperature expected to be 17°C in the afternoon when the match starts. There a 3 per cent chance of raining in the evening. The temperature is expected to be around 12°C in the evening with a humidity of 57 per cent. If rain plays spoilsport in the afternoon, the match is likely to be shortened.
Pitch report
Taking account of the dew, the team winning the toss will be likely to opt to field, hoping to use early bowling conditions in Dharamsala to their advantage. In the previous match at the HPCA stadium, Bangladesh won the toss and sent England to bat because of the dew. However, the English won by 137 runs despite Bangladesh's 227 score. The official pitch report will be released before the toss.
South Africa Playing XI (probable)
Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi.
Netherlands Playing XI (probable)
Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (captain and wicketkeeper), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren.
