The first match of the World Cup 2019 will be between the host England who also is the favorites to win the tournament given their revolution in batting since quite a time will be up against South Africa, who are often termed as “chokers” for letting down during key fixtures and they would love to remove the tag this time.
Match will be played at Kennington Oval, London on 30th May 2019 and will be live from 3.00 pm IST.
South Africa have never won the world cup or any ICC tournament but was always on the top list of favourites. This time they enter the tournament as underdogs and it’s the time when they can remove the chokers tag.South Africa have lost just two of their previous 10 games. The Proteas are coming off an impressive 87-run win in their warm-up game against Sri Lanka and will eyeing early honours in the group stage. Dale Steyn has shoulder injury so he will not be available for the first match. Their Bowling is much stronger when compared to England.
Player To Watch Out For –KagisoRabada
England who also are host enters the World Cup 2019 with the favourite tag as they are going through a great ODI run with seven wins in their previous nine fixtures. The team’s batting looks very explosive with the likes of batsman like Bairstow, Roy, Root, Morgan, Butler and Stokes. Their bowling is boosted by the inclusion of Jofra Archer who can be X-Factor for his team. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid will be the key in this bowling line up as well.
Player To Watch Out For –Jos Buttler
Probable Line Ups (Probable XI)
South Africa :HashimAmla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, AndilePhehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris/ Dwaine Pretorius, KagisoRabada, Lungi Ngidi.
England : Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood.
My PlayerzPot XI
PlayerzPot Prediction:
England has played phenomenal cricket off late and with the kind of batting line up they have, expect them to win this opener.
