Who Won the Toss Today, AUS vs SA World Cup 2023 Semi-final: Australia vs South Africa Match Toss Result & Playing 11

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Who Won the Toss Today, AUS vs SA World Cup 2023 Semi-final 2: South Africa won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the second semi-final of the World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, November 16.

South Africa finished at the second position in the league stage. They won seven of their nine matches. The two defeats came against Netherlands and India. On the other hand, Australia also won seven matches on the bounce after losing their first two games against India and South Africa. The five-time champions finished third due to an inferior Net Run Rate (NRR) than South Africa.

The two teams have met each in the ODI World Cup on two occasions. The 1999 World Cup semi-final between the two teams ended in a tie but Australia advanced into the finals as they finished above South Africa in Super Sixes. Australia defeated South Africa in the 2007 World Cup semi-final.

AUS vs SA Semi-final: What the captains said at toss?

Temba Bavuma (South Africa captain): We will bat first. Not something I really dreamt of. We have come against a team like Australia in the semi-final. Means a lot to me, there's a game to focus on. Very important to stay in the present. Need to stick to our processes. Got one change, Shamsi is in for Ngidi.

Pat Cummins (Australia Captain): We would have batted first as well. They play pretty similar style, unfortunately they have won a last few, we are due. We have been in these positions before. We have a lot of experience. We were not up to our best in those couple of games. But guys have been positive in the last seven games. Two changes for us. Stoinis and Abbott are out.

Australia vs South Africa Playing 11

Australia Playing 11 vs South Africa: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

South Africa Playing 11 vs Australia: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

AUS vs SA World Cup 2023 Semi-final: Eden Gardens Pitch Report

Spinners are expected to play a huge role in the match.Spin will win, says Matthew Hayden. Going to be tough to score runs as the spinners will get more assistance in the second innings.