ICC World Cup 2023, NZ vs SA: Race to the semis

Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock (Pic: File Pic)

ICC World Cup 2023 has completed its 30 matches and the further matches played between all the teams will decide the top four of the tournament.

Tomorrow, the powerful South African team will face the mighty New Zealand in Pune at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Both the teams are in their prime form in the ICC World Cup 2023. It will be another high voltage game.

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Temba Bavuma has returned and has led the Proteas in their last match. He missed a few matches of the ICC World Cup 2023 due to illness.

New Zealand will still hope for their skipper Kane Williamson's thumb injury to heal faster. He was ruled out from a few Kiwi clashes due to his thumb injury. They played their previous matches under Tom Latham's captaincy.

Both teams are doing exceptionally well in the ICC World Cup 2023 in all aspects. South Africa is in the second position with 10 points and New Zealand is just below them at the third spot with eight points in the points table.

Kiwi's batsman Daryl Mitchell and youngster Rachin Ravindra both are in good form. Rachin and Mitchell have two and one century under their belt, respectively. Both stood strong for New Zealand, whenever the Kiwi's batting line up collapsed.

South Africa's wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has been displaying tremendous knocks in his last ICC World Cup campaign. He is so far the leading run scorer in the tournament with 431 runs registered under his name. He also has three ICC World Cup 2023 tons scored so far. The left hander has truly been a key player for the Proteas.

South Africa's batsman Heinrich Klaasen has been another consistent player for the team. Also, Aiden Markram always rescued the team from a difficult situation.

Tomorrow, the battle will be between Trent Boult's firebolts and de Kock's powerful shots, Kagiso Rabada's toe crushing yorkers and Ravindra's classic shots.

The top teams of the tournament will aggressively play against each other to boost their chances for the semi finals of the ICC World Cup 2023. An exciting and must watch contest between the teams awaits.