Cricket World Cup 2023 SA vs AFG Playing 11, toss result and live streaming

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, South Africa vs Afghanistan live streaming: Hotstar will live stream the South Africa vs Afghanistan World Cup match in India for free.

1:37 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | South Africa vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates: SA XI

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

1:37 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | South Africa vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates: AFG XI

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq

1:35 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | South Africa vs Afghanistan Playing 11 LIVE updates: Two changes in SA XI

Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi are not playing today.

1:34 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | South Africa vs Afghanistan LIVE TOSS: Proteas bowling first

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi wins the toss and elects to bat first.

1:06 PM

How Afghanistan missed a spot in semifinal

[Reporter:]

 

As you said you would have expected better things, you were in a good position against New Zealand, you had almost defeated Australia, but a few dropped catches in both the games cost you the games. Has there been any discussion on this in the dressing room?

 

[Hashmatullah Shahidi:]

 

Yeah, when you lose, you know, it's a lot of negative things and a lot of things happening in the ground, you have to think about that. In this World Cup, I think one part that we are not good enough in, is the fielding, you know, like we dropped so many catches. And in New Zealand game also, that dropped catches hurt us. Especially last game with Australia, that dropped the chances that we had. That was the reason, if we took that, so the result and scenario would be far different than now.

 

But still, I say that everything that is happening in cricket, you have to learn from it. And especially the catches that we missed, now we have to improve on our fielding going forward to take the Afghanistan cricket as a best fielding side.

12:41 PM

What Afghanistan learnt after being hit by Maxwell magic

[Reporter:]

 

If you could just tell us how the last couple of days been like after that defeat against Australia, how has been the mood in the camp and how was the whole day today? I'm sure you guys had an eye on the proceedings in Bangalore as well.

 

[Hashmatullah Shahidi:]

 

Yeah, that loss, was very disappointing for us as a team. Everyone was disappointed because you know sometimes these kind of things happen and it happened with us. It was hard, like we were not expecting win (for Australia). They were 7 down and Maxwell played the innings of his life, I think. So, we were not expecting that he will win the game from us after that seven wickets. But still, it's part of the game, part of the life. In cricket, anything can happen. And for us as a team, that loss gives us a lot of lessons. And importantly, these things happens, but the good thing is you have to learn from it. It gives you learning, and we will try our best to learn from the last game.

12:28 PM

Pressure mounting on Temba Bavuma

While Quinton de Kock has piled on the runs in his swansong, South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma has not led from the front at the top of the order. Bavuma missed two games due to illness and Reeza Hendricks grabbed his opportunity with both hands.

 

Dropping the skipper in the middle of the tournament is highly unlikely but Bavuma must be feeling the pressure. Before the semifinals, the Afghanistan game is an ideal opportunity for him to get back amongst the runs.

 

David Miller is among the top finishers in the game but is yet to peak in the World Cup. The southpaw will be looking to get into the groove before the knock-out stage.

 

Left-arm pacer Marco Jansen has been a valuable addition to the side but needs to improve on his economy rate. Left-spinner Keshav Maharaj has been their go to bowl in the middle overs. It remains to be seen if the Proteas go in with the extra spin option of Tabraiz Shamsi, who is often guilty of bowling pressure releasing balls in the middle of a testing spell.

12:14 PM

South Africa vs Afghanistan head to head in ODI

South Africa and Afghanistan have played against each other in ODIs only once so far, and that too in the 2019 World Cup. South Africa won that match as they bundled out Afghans for a mere 125 and chased down the target with nine wickets in hand.

 

11:50 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023: South Africa vs Afghanistan predicted Playing 11

South Africa Playing 11 probable: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

Afghanistan Playing 11 probable: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad/Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq.

11:31 AM

South Africa vs Afghanistan: Squad of both the teams

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Riaz Hassan, Abdul Rahman, Najibullah Zadran.

South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Andile Phehlukwayo, Reeza Hendricks, Lizaad Williams.

11:04 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | South Africa vs Afghanistan Playing 11 live updates

Hello and welcome to live coverage of playing 11 updates as South Africa and Afghanistan gear up for the match.