ICC WORLD CUP -29th Match Pakistan VS South Africa - Preview

The 29^th match of the World Cup 2015 will be played between Pakistan and South Africa. This will be crucial match for the Pakistani team as they need to win the match to stay alive in the tournament. Pakistan have played 4 matches and won 2 matches and lost other two. They lost the matches against the Indian’s and West Indies teams with a high margin. Zimbabwe and UAE are the teams they defeated and have gained 4 points of the two victories. The place for the quarterfinals is open in Group B as India are all ready in the next round and South Africa will be the second from the group to be selected. The third and fourth place depends on matches played by other teams in the group. UAE is already out of the world cup with Zimbabwe. Pakistan, Ireland and West Indies are the teams competing for the third and fourth place. So, the match is crucial one for the Pakistan team to have an easy entry to the next round. The match is a day/ night affair which will play at Eden Park, Auckland. The pitch is better to be a batsman paradise that may have a bad day for the bowlers. Pakistan mainly concentrates on their bowling strength and need to see if they can make any difference against the strong South African side.

The Squad for tomorrows match is as follows:

South Africa:

AB Devilliers(Captain)

David Miller 

Faf du Plesis

Farhaan Behardein

Hashim Amla

JP Dumminy

R Rossouw

V Philander

D MIller

Quiton de Kock

Dale Styne

Imran Tahir

Kyle Abbott

Morne Morkel

Wayne Parnell

  Pakistan:

Haris Sohail

Misbah-ul-haq

Nasir Jamshed

Younis Khan

Umar Gul

Shahid Afridi

Sarfaraz Ahmed

Ehsan Adil

Mohammad Irfan

Rahat Ali

Sohail Khan

Wahab Riaz

Yasir Shah.

Sohail Maqsood

Ahmed