A strong Indian side will start their world cup campaign against low-lying South Africa on June 5 in Southampton. South Africa have allready played two games and lost both of them to England and minnows Bangladesh. The Proteas are in desperate need of a win to stay alive and records suggest that they have never lost three matches in a trot in the world cup, which makes this encounter worth a watch.
Head to head in world cup
Matches– 4
South Africa won– 3
India won– 1
Match timings: 3 PM in India, 2:30 PM in Pakistan, 11:30 AM in South Africa and 10:30 AM in England
Venue: Ageas bowl, Southampton
Match date: 5th June, 2019
Pitch report: The pitch prepared at the venue is traditionally green and is expected to favour the spinners in second innings. The boundaries are short and it will benefit pace bowlers throughout the course of the day. Since England have started preparing flat decks in the recent while, you can expect absence of green top which will make it a run scoring den for the batsman.
Overcast conditions will mean that the captain winning the toss must bowl first and exploit the conditions.
Live streaming
You can catch the action unfold on Hotstar mobile app or go to www.hotstar.com. Sky Sports will have the broadcasting rights in England.
Where to watch on Television
Star Sports network– India and subcontinent
Sky Sports- United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
SuperSport- South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
OSN- Middle East & North Africa
Fox Sports Australia and Channel 9- Australia
Willow TV- USA
Sky TV and Prime- New Zealand
Ten Sports and PTV- Pakistan
ESPN- Caribbean
Gazi TV, Maasranga and BTV- Bangladesh
SLRC- Sri Lanka
Fox Network Group- China and South East Asia
Digicel– Asia Pacific
Radio Television Afghanistan– Afghanistan
Yupp TV- (Continental Europe and Central Asia)
Other streaming or Television options
In the rest of South Asia which includes Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, Fox Sports will telecast highlights at noon each day. The channel will also telecast late-night replay of the best ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 moments at 10pm, local time.
In South America, cricket fans can enjoy the coverage on three apps- ESPN South, ESPN North and ESPN Brazil. The apps can be downloaded via the play store.
Weather forecast
The temperature will range from 9’c to 17’c in the morning and will range from 8’c to 17’c in the afternoon. There is a good chance of rain throughout the course of the day which can cut some overs in the game.
Squads
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen.
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.
