South Africa announced its playing 11 for the second test against Sri Lanka.
SA vs SL 2nd Test: An interesting battle is being seen between the teams of India, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka regarding which team will secure its place in the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25. While India and Australia are currently playing a 5-match Test series against each other, the South African team is also playing a 2-match Test series against Sri Lanka at home. By winning the first match of this series by 233 runs, host Africa had directly secured the second position in the WTC points table, while now they are eyeing to further strengthen their position by winning the second match of this series. . Africa has announced its playing 11 for the second Test match to be played in Gkebarha a day before the start of the match.
South Africa made 2 changes in its playing 11
In the first match of this series played on the ground of Durban, both excellent bowling and batting were seen from the South African team, whereas now for the second test match of the series, the African team has decided to make 2 major changes in its playing 11. Has surprised everyone. This sees the return of Ryan Rickelton and Dan Patterson to the team. Apart from this, African team captain Temba Bavuma did not decide to make any further changes in the playing 11. After this series, the South African team has to play its last series of the third edition of the World Test Championship at home which is of 2 matches against Pakistan. Cricket South Africa has not yet announced its squad regarding this.
Both teams have a chance to reach the finals of WTC 2023-25
Both South Africa and Sri Lanka still have a chance to reach the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25, in which the position of the African team looks very strong, while Sri Lanka needs to play in this second Test of the series to keep its hopes alive. Will have to perform better in the match. After this series, Sri Lanka also has to play a 2-match Test series against Australia at home.
Playing 11 of South Africa team for the second test match against Sri Lanka
Tony De Jorji, Aiden McCrum, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verrey (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Marco Yanson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson.
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