Sports Desk – India and South Africa has a different relationship in cricket. Both the teams have players who are close friends of each other. Here are some ICC Cricket World Cup records related to this.

World Cup Rivalry Record

Both the teams have played four matches together in the World Cup. From which, India has won only one match and rest three are won by South Africa. The first match was played between them in 1992, in which RSA was won by 6 wickets. And the last match was played between them in 2015, which was won by India by 130 runs.

World Cup, 1992. South Africa won by 6 wickets.

World Cup, 1999. South Africa won by 4 wickets.

World Cup, 2011. South Africa won by 3 wickets.

World Cup, 2015. India won by 130 runs.

India and South Africa will face face-to-face on May 5. This will be South Africa’s third and India will be the first match. This match will be played in The Rose Bowl, Southampton.

Squad Team

Team India – Virat Kohli (capt), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.

South Africa – Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Aiden Markram, David Miller, *Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen.