Both India and South Africa are still strong contenders to make the semi-final stage, thus the weather will play a significant role in this vital encounter.
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.
Talking about the nature of the wicket the match was played on, the New Zealand captain stated that the wicket was different and had tennis ball bounce.
Sri Lanka bowled superbly in the first ten overs, reducing the Kiwi team to 15/3 inside the powerplay. The team had the opportunity to get rid of Glenn Phillips too but Pathum Nissanka dropped a sitter at long-off to give him a reprieve.
Phillips scored a brilliant century to help his team recover after the Kiwi team lost three quick wickets for just 15 runs. The batter scored a 61-ball century to propel his side to 167/7.
Since his return to the sport since Asia Cup 2022 after months of battling inconsistent form, Virat has scored 548 runs in 12 innings at an average of 78.28. One century and five half-centuries have been scored by him since his return, with the best score of 122*
Ferguson made his international debut against Australia at the iconic SCG in December 2016. He took 1/73 in his debut match, which Aussie won by 68 runs