- Openers Must Continue Impressive Form:
With partnerships of 136 and 138 so far in this competition, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have been in red hot form. It was against South Africa incidentally in the same tournament four years ago, when they opened for the first time and just gave a glimpse of their integration. This time around, however, India are faced with a more delicate scenario, needing to win at all costs. Up against the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Morne Morkel, the openers have their task cut ahead of them. For India to gain an upper hand, the duo would have to put on a big stand again. While one of them can bat through, the other can go berserk once settling in. Shikhar Dhawan especially enjoys playing against South Africa in ICC events, having scored two centuries in as many games. The third one on Sunday would do India a massive favour.