The Proteas misplaced the toss and had been put in to bat by England of their Cricket World Cup ODI on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
England and the Proteas each come into the match off the again of gorgeous defeats to less-fancied outfits.
Aiden Markram skippers Proteas as Temba Bavuma is sick
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Temba Bavuma has been dominated out of match on account of sickness and Aiden Markram will captain the aspect in his absence.
Markram revealed on the toss that Reeza Hendricks is available in to exchange the absent skipper as a gap bat.
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“He’s been knocking on the door for a while but the openers have been incredible,” Markram stated.
Markram didn’t thoughts being put in to bat and certain with good cause because the Proteas have gained each their matches when put in to bat.
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“Happy batting first, appears a superb wicket, can be a superb wicket particularly after the powerplay.
“The loss motivates you a bit. We gotta reach back to the standards we’d set previously.”
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Jos Buttler backed Chris Woakes to return good regardless of being ignored as Ben Stokes comes again in together with David Willey and Gus Atkinson.
“He’s been a fantastic performer for an incredibly long time for England in all formats and especially in one-day cricket,” Buttler stated.
“And we’re all honest guys, right? He’s not performing quite how he would like to at the minute, and that’s frustrating, but there’s no judgment from our side. We always back all our players that are in our team, they’re high-class players and he’s certainly one of those.”
Teams: Cricket World Cup – SA vs ENG
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
England (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), David Willey, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Reece Topley.
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