September 20, 2007

India vs South Africa super-8 Twenty20 World Cup: Who will win?

South Africa v India of the super-8 (Super eight) series of Twenty (T20) is going to place on 20 September and according to this match the super- 8 will be end. Mentionable, the super-8 (Super eight) series started with the match between New Zealand v India. Anyway, what the result will come? Now, million of fans are waiting for the next match between India and South Africa.

By beating England in the super-8 (Super eight) series of Twenty (T20), India move up the expectation the million of Indian fans and turn over their concentrating to Twenty20 world Cup Championship because most of the cricket fans live in South Asia almost India. Absent of India form Twenty20 World Cup, is painful for all the fans. India beat England by 18 runs, in the same time; million of fans return their senses. In this match Indian won the toss and selected to bat first and scored 218. Most of the Indian batsmen came to the form, as a result India able to build the big scores of 218 runs. In this match G Gambhir, V Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh scored well and the success came easily. Here most important matter was Yuvraj Singh’s 58 runs. Now, he is the owner of the world record who took the quick fifty by 12 balls and took 36 runs in one over. Running behind these long scores, England did 200 runs. So it is clear that Indian bowlers did not do well in that match. If India want to go to semi-final then they must beat South Africa.

On the other hand, South Africa beat unbeaten New Zealand team by 6 wickets, running behind 153 runs. South Africa overcome qualified part with full of strength and unbeaten but they already has won two matches in the super- 8 part. We can thing that South Africa is qualified for the semi-final because their NRR is +0.766. Anyway, we all know about the South African strong bowling and batting line-up. So it is tough for any team to beat South Africa easily. In the first match South Africa beat England by 19 runs and in the second match they ruled New Zealand with a strong hand and won by 6 wickets. So it is clear that South Africa will try to reach semi-final unbeaten and try to hold the stability.

If India want to achieve the qualification for semi-final, there is no doubt that they have to beat South Africa. Here is a strong condition which is, if India could beat South Africa in a long distance they south Africa could out form the semi-final. So South Africa will try to beat India.

India could win along South Africa if they show a very good batting performance like today; Indian batsmen will have to show very good jobs. I think India’s performances along with England will help them to do well, especially mentally.