Have a look at the Playing XIs:
South Africa: Aiden Markram (Captain), Quinton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi.
Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa (Captain), Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (Wicketkeeper), Harsh Thaker, Saad Bin Zafar, Jaskaran Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Ansh Patel.
"Would like to bowl first. Excited to play against SA. Happy to play in this stadium. Feels like it's a good batting track. Because of dew we chose to bowl. Let's see how it goes. Had a pre-tour in SL. We didnt get much cricket in Canada, but thanks to our board for arranging the pre-tour. Had very good practice matches against SL A. But this is a World Cup, a big stage, and its a great opportunity for them to showcase their talent to the world," Canada skipper Dilpreet Bajwa said after winning the toss.
South Africa skipper Aiden Markram said: "Looks a pretty good surface. Hopefully we can get off to a good start, get a really good score and take that momentum with the ball. Fantastic stadium to play at. Looking forward to getting on a good run in Ahmedabad. Big help for sure. People can say what they want about white-ball wickets, but they still vary from continent to continent. Theyre not bad wickets theyre still very good but they can be different. Obviously, the long-term goal is to go one step further (than last time). But first, we have to earn the right to reach the Super 8s and the knockout games by having a really good group phase. Thats the focus right now."
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