South Africa has struggled at second base: Aakash Chopra

According to Aakash Chopra, host of JioCinema’s daily sports show “#AAKASHVANI,” South Africa has difficulties when batting second. “South Africa has struggled to bat second and lost their most recent game by a significant margin. They have suffered losses in their pursuit of India and the Netherlands. They have only ever prevailed when pursuing, and it was also not an easy match.

South Africa is in second place, but they are half as strong while chasing.

Will they have the guts to win the toss and bowl first? They would want to go to the semifinals with a victory. I’m not really certain about that.

Chopra also discussed Afghanistan’s performance in the World Cup overall and their prospects of making it to the semifinals. However, if Afghanistan defeats South Africa by 438 runs, they advance to the semifinals; hence, their run for the title is also all but finished. Although they have had an incredible World Cup trip, their aspirations were dashed by Glenn Maxwell‘s knock in the last match. With the manner they have performed in this competition, they will be walking with pride. But in this match, South Africa will start as the favorite.

With six victories from a total of eight matches in the present World Cup, South Africa has had an incredible run. They were defeated by in-form India later in the tournament, but their first defeat came in a major upset against the Netherlands. Currently occupying the second position in the standings, they will take against Australia in the second World Cup semifinal on November 16. Although SA has dominated the competition by batting first, it remains to be seen if they can reverse the situation and pursue the objective in a vital match that lies ahead.