Afghanistan has emerged as a surprising winner of the competition, having achieved four thrilling victories that have put them in contention to go to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 knockout rounds.
South Africa and Afghanistan will face each other in match No. 42 of ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 on Friday (Nov. 10). The match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, starting from 2:00 pm IST / 8:30 AM GMT.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Match Details
| Date | Match | Time | Venue |
| November 10, 2023, Friday | SA vs AFG | 2:00 PM IST / 8:30 AM GMT | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
South Africa vs Afghanistan Match Preview
Afghanistan has emerged as a surprising winner of the competition, having achieved four thrilling victories that have put them in contention to go to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 knockout rounds.
When Australia’s Glenn Maxwell hit an amazing double tonne to deny Afghanistan the two points, Hashmatullah Shahidi’s team appeared to be on course to secure a crucial fifth victory in their most recent match.
A win for Afghanistan would see them move into fourth place in the rankings, two points behind New Zealand and Pakistan in the race for the semi-finals.
However, after New Zealand crushed Sri Lanka to greatly increase their own net run rate and create a big gap between themselves and the pursuing pack, Afghanistan enters this match in sixth position and is all but eliminated from the running for a spot in the semi-finals.
Now that the Proteas have advanced to the semi-finals with powerful hitting and large totals that send a warning shot across the remainder of the competition, South Africa poses a formidable task for an Afghanistan team that has to find one more boost to end their campaign on a high.
Although Temba Bavuma’s team has nothing to lose because a semifinal matchup with Australia is already guaranteed, South Africa will seek to rekindle their best performance before the stakes rise higher especially after a 243-run defeat against India in their last game.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Head-to-Head Records
| Matches | South Africa Won | Afghanistan Won | No Result | Tie |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa vs Afghanistan Match Prediction
There is a 76% likelihood that New Zealand will win this match, according to Google’s win probability.
It will be decided by who bats first, according to CricTracker, thus the toss is crucial.
MyKhel has favor South Africa win the match but Afghanistan’s earlier games in the tournament have showed a high level of discipline. and damages they can do should they continue to do so in this match, they will beat South Africa.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Cricket World Cup 2023 Match Squads
Squads
South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.
Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Key Players
Key players
South Africa – Marco Jansen
Afghanistan – Ibrahim Zadran
South Africa vs Afghanistan Match Pitch Report
Previously, Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly called Motera, favoured spinners and produced little runs. It has improved recently, particularly in IPL games, for batting
This location has hosted 29 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) to far, with teams winning 15 of them when they batted first and 14 when they fielded first. Australia and England met here on November 4. Australia prevailed by 331 runs.
South Africa vs Afghanistan Match Weather Report
The temperature in Ahmedabad is expected to reach 35 degrees before the match begins and progressively drop to 27 degrees as the evening wears on. With a clear sky and no risk of rain, Ahmedabad will have a mild 69% humidity level.