South Africa vs New Zealand All Set for 2nd semi final Champions Trophy 2025
India beat Australia in a nail-biter yesterday, and today is the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand. The winner is going to face India in the world cup final.
How has New Zealand’s tournament shaped up?
New Zealand will be wary of South Africa’s first-choice bowling unit as Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen didn’t play in the tri-series but can trouble batters on any pitch.
New Zealand romped to two big wins against host Pakistan at Karachi and against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi as they were not only clinical with the bat and ball, but took some splendid catches in the field. However, despite excelling in all the departments in Pakistan, their batters looked vulnerable against spinners, with nine wickets falling to slow Indian bowlers on Sunday.
How has South Africa’s Champions Trophy run shaped up?
“The nerves are a little bit less because we have a little bit more experience in the semifinal department now,” Klaasen said. “We just had some bad luck here and there and one or two games that didn’t go our way, but we’ve been playing good cricket.
“It’s the rewards that we’re seeing now. The boys are holding a little bit more composure in the bigger moments in the game.”
How will New Zealand respond to defeat by India?
“We are lucky. We’ve had some experience playing here in the tri-series before the tournament actually kicked off,” Stead told reporters on a video call.
“We’ve got some on-ground experience and I guess some positive emotions to fall back on the way we played here as well.”
“We haven’t been down to the ground yet to see if we’re on a used wicket or not, but generally these wickets are pretty good batting surfaces,” he added.
“They don’t bounce too much.
“South Africa are a very, very good side and we’re going to have to play right near our best to beat them,” he added.
When and where will the final be played?
The final is going to be played in Dubai on the 9th of March.
South Africa Team,
Squad: Temba Bavuma is the captain, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, the wickeykeeper is Heinrich Klaasen, then there is Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, the other wicket keeper is Ryan Rickelton , Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs and lastly, Rassie van der Dussen
New Zealand Team
Squad: Mitchell Santner is the captain, then we have Michael Bracewell, along with Mark Chapman, the wicketkeeper is Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, the other wicketkeeper is Tom Latham, then we have Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, the talented Rachin Ravindra along with Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, and Will Young.
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