Temba Bavuma is bullish about South Africa’s possibilities in the Champions Trophy regardless of the staff sweating over Heinrich Klaasen’s health forward of Tuesday’s marquee fixture in opposition to Australia.
Having missed out on the event opener final week with an elbow harm, Klaasen’s health remains to be being assessed by the medical staff. While he has slowly resumed batting in the nets, it’s unlikely that he will probably be accessible for the sport in opposition to the World Champion facet on the Rawalpindi Stadium.
Both groups enter the sport on the again of convincing wins. Australia would anticipate Jos Inglis, the hero of the file chase in opposition to England, to proceed in the identical vein whereas South Africa would look to Ryan Rickelton, the century-maker in opposition to Afghanistan, to fireside once more.
The younger Rickelton smashed a century and took the gloves in opposition to Afghanistan in the opening sport, and in a must-win sport,
The Proteas would depend on their star-studded batting line-up that includes Aiden Markram, captain Bavuma and David Miller. Bavuma felt that this could possibly be one other high-scoring sport.
However, with the competitors intensifying, will probably be a problem for the South African batters to make sure that they don’t lose their manner in the center overs and maintain the momentum going in opposition to a high-flying Australian facet.
After chasing down a mammoth complete (351) on a flat deck in Lahore, the Aussie batters can be hoping to do effectively on the Rawalpindi floor which can also be anticipated to be a batting magnificence. The onus will probably be on the top-order to carry out higher than it did in opposition to England.
In the earlier sport, Australia disregarded Sean Abbott and introduced in Ben Dwarshuis, who made inroads with the brand new ball.
Match begins at 2.30 p.m. IST.
Published – February 25, 2025 12:04 am IST
