ICC World T20: Do-or-die game for South Africa

Mumbai: South Africa will hope to get over the line against ICC associate nation Afghanistan to get their ICC World Twenty20 campaign back on track. The Proteas put up an impressive 229/4 in their opening Group 1 game but England were just too good on the day.

Faf du Plessis’ side are now in a must-win situation and will hope for some breathing space against Afghanistan who have been impressive but are still no match for their opponents on paper. However, minnows have surprised big teams in the past and the war-torn nation will looking for an upset.

Afghanistan, after winning all three games in the qualifiers including a 59-run result over Zimbabwe, gave defending champions Sri Lanka a tough fight on Thursday and Asghar Stanikzais’ side will be looking for another good show on Sunday.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has given them breezy starts and Afghanistan to will look to him to fire big time. South Africa have almost all their batsmen in form and a strong bench. The bowling though has let them down in recent times and they will be looking to fix it as soon as possible. Chasing has proven to be the best option at Wankhede which has produced more than 800 runs in two games played here thus far.