India come into the match with a morale-boosting win against Pakistan and a clinical 56-run win against the Netherlands. The team will definitely fancy its chances against the Proteas as they recently piped them 2-1 in the T20 series played in India.
Virat on Thursday scored his 49th half-century in SENA countries. The star batter has 17 half-centuries in Australia, 18 in England, five in New Zealand and nine against South Africa.
A superb performance by Indian bowlers coupled with half-centuries by the trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav helped Men in Blue clinch a 56-run win over the Netherlands in their Group 2, Super 12 match
Explaining his role at the time he went in to bat in the match against the Netherlands, he said that the need of the hour was to increase the scoring rate and that's what he chose to do, taking it one ball at a time
This year, the batter has scored 1,024 runs in 28 matches across 31 innings at an average of 39.38. One century and nine half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best score of 122*
With this win, India are at the top spot in the points table with four points in two wins in two matches. The Netherlands are at the bottom and are yet to score a point.
With this win, India is at the top spot in the points table with four points in two wins in two matches. The Netherlands is at bottom and yet to score a point after two losses
Now, Virat Kohli has a total of 989 runs in 23 T20 WC matches across 21 innings at an average of 89.90. The star batter has twelve half-centuries in the tournament, with the best score of 89*