South Africa will take on England in the opening match of the World T20 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday night.
The England cricket team is now looking to register a comeback win after losing their first WT20 match on Wednesday. The Proteas, on the other hand, are looking to start their WT20 campaign with a win against de-moralized England.
Watch the live stream here, here, here, here, here and live scores here, here, here. The twenty over match starts at 7:30 p.m. local time ( 2 p.m. GMT/9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT) on March 18.
The Eoin Morgan-led English team lost their first match of the tournament against West Indies on Wednesday. Batting first, England posted a challenging total of 182 on scoreboard with the help of Joe Root (48), Jos Buttler (30) and skipper Eoin Morgan (27) knocks. West Indies chased down the target in 18.1 overs with six wickets in hand with the help of Chris Gayle's fastest WT20 47-ball hundred.
England now faces a must-win situation against South Africa. "We look at all our games as must win but certainly the next one will be," Morgan said after losing Wednesday's match.
South African skipper Faf du Plessis has said that his side will cash in on England's fear factor when the two sides clash in Super10 Group 1 match in Wankhede Stadium.
"If we put England under pressure we're hoping they'll almost fall back on that mentality of losing games and not being confident. If we were in their shoes and we'd lost that first game we would feel pressure going into the second game knowing if we lose we'd possibly be out," Plessis said. "They'll obviously be under pressure. As a team you definitely feel the heat in that moment. It's such a short tournament you have to hit the ground running."
The Probable Squads
England: Eoin Morgan, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, James Vince, Jos Buttler, Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Liam Dawson, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Liam Plunkett.
South Africa: Faf du Plessis, Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, David Wiese.
