World Cup 2023 : South Africa has upper hand in ODI World Cup, crisis deepens for India

An exciting match of ICC World Cup 2023 is going to be played between India vs South Africa today. India is currently at the first position in the World Cup points table, while South Africa is at the second position. But do you know who has the upper hand in the total ODI World Cup matches played so far between India and South Africa?

Know the records between the two in the World Cup

India and South Africa played the first ODI World Cup match in 1992. South Africa won this match by 6 wickets.

The second World Cup match between the two teams was played in 1999, in this match also South Africa won by 4 wickets.

Apart from this, the third match was played in 2011, you may be surprised to know, but in this match also South Africa won by 3 wickets. After losing three consecutive matches, India has made a comeback in the World Cup against Africa.

India had defeated South Africa by 130 runs for the first time in the World Cup in 2015. With this, India's account was also opened against South Africa in the World Cup.

Then India also defeated South Africa by 6 wickets in the 2019 World Cup. Now this is going to be the sixth time when both the teams will face each other in the World Cup. So far, in the total 5 matches played between the two, South Africa has won 3 times, while India has won only 2 matches.

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