South Africa will take on the Netherlands in the 15th match of the Cricket World Cup 2023. South Africa are placed second in the points table having won both their matches. On the other hand, Netherlands have lost both their matches and will be looking to bounce back. This should be an exciting match between these two sides.
When: 17 October, 2:00 PM IST
Where: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
TV Channel, Live Streaming: Star Sports, Hotstar
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Pitch Report
The surface here was extremely good for batting in the previous match as more than 590 runs were scored between Bangladesh and England. Once again we can expect some help for pacers throguhout but it will be a high scoring affair. The ground dimensions – 61 one way and 66 is the other. Both teams will prefer chasing.
South Africa Playing 11
- Quinton de Kock(w)
- Temba Bavuma(c)
- Rassie van der Dussen
- Aiden Markram
- Heinrich Klaasen
- David Miller
- Marco Jansen
- Keshav Maharaj
- Lungi Ngidi
- Kagiso Rabada
- Tabraiz Shamsi/ Gerald Coetzee
- All the players are fit and available for selection.
Aiden Markram Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | S/R |
| 57 | 1827 | 56, 106, 13, 93, 8 | 37 | 100 |
Lungi Ngidi Singh Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Bowling Average | Economy |
| 50 | 82 | 1/18, 1/49, 3/33, 0/23, 4/51 | 27.8 | 5.66 |
Netherlands Playing 11
- Vikramjit Singh
- Max ODowd
- Colin Ackermann
- Bas de Leede
- Teja Nidamanuru
- Scott Edwards(w/c)
- Sybrand Engelbrecht
- Roelof van der Merwe
- Logan van Beek
- Aryan Dutt
- Paul van Meekeren
- Logan van Beek is expected to return to the side.
Scott Edwards Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | S/R |
| 40 | 1242 | 30, 0, 14, 1, 25 | 38 | 93 |
Logan van Beek Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Bowling Average | Economy |
| 26 | 35 | 1/30, 2/35, 2/62, 2/34, 2/40 | 33.4 | 5.28 |
SA vs NED Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klassen
Batsmen: Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Colin Ackermann
All-rounder: Marco Jansen, Roelof van der Merwe
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Logan van Beek
Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi
Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Logan Van Beek, Scott Edwards
SA vs NED Fantasy Tips
- Quinton de Kock is back into form having scored two consecutive centuries in this WC. He can be backed to do well in this match given his ODI career record
- Bas de Leede is a crucial all-rounder for the Netherlands, amassing 765 runs and claiming 24 wickets in ODI. He picked up four wickets and scored a fifty in the opening game.
- Klassen is an aggressive batter and smashed 174 in the last series against Australia
- Rabada has led the pace attack for South Africa and has scalped as many as 149 wickets in 94 matches. He can be handy with the bat as well.
- Rassie van der Dussen scored a century against Sri Lanka and can be a good captaincy pick in Grand Leagues.
- Colin Ackermann scored a half century in the last game and will be a key pick for this game.
- Max O’Dowd will open the batting and has amassed 1158 runs at a strike rate of 73.99 in 33 ODI matches in his career so far.
- Logan Van beek picked up 12 wickets in the World Cup Qualiffiers and can also be handy with the bat lower down the order.
- Scott Edwards is a reliable batter from the Netherlands team and can also give points with his wicket-keeping.
- Aiden Markram smashed the fastest century in the history of World Cup of just 40 balls in the opening match against Sri Lanka. He backed it up with a fifty in the last game
- David Miller will be batting lower down the order and if South Africa are chasing he can be left out.
- The surface here has aided the batters quite a bit hence try to cover all the main all-rounders and batters.
Who will win South Africa vs Netherlands today match?
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- South Africa are expected to win this match
- South Africa and Netherlands have faced each other in 7 matches in ODI. Out of these 7 games, South Africa have won 6 whereas one ended up in no result.