India will take on South Africa at the Perth Stadium, Perth on Sunday and both teams will have a chance to put their one foot in the semifinal doors of the ongoing T20 World Cup. India has got off to a perfect start as they have won both of their matches.

On the other hand, South Africa’s first match ended in no result against Zimbabwe however the Proteas registered a thumping win of 104 runs against Bangladesh in their previous match.

We take a look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form of India: W W L W W

India will be high on confidence after winning their two matches and they will aim to continue the good show. Rohit Sharma was able to get back among the runs and it was a big positive for the team. Moreover, the Indian bowlers have been right on the money and they will need to be at their best against the Proteas.

Current form for South Africa: W NR W L L

South Africa came up with a dominating batting performance against Bangladesh in their previous match. Rilee Rossouw scored a magnificent hundred and he is going to hold the key in the batting order. Furthermore, South African bowlers had also done a fine job for the team.

Head to Head: Matches: 25, Won by India: 13, Won by South Africa: 9, NR: 1, Abandoned: 2.

India holds a slight edge in the head-to-head battle against South Africa.

Players to look out for: Players to watch out for: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for India.

Temba Bavuma, Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, Anrich Nortje, and Reeza Hendricks will hold the key for the Proteas.

India squad:

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami (in for Jasprit Bumrah), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh

Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur.

South Africa squad

Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius (out with injury), Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen (in for Pretorius)

Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen (replaced by Lizaad Williams), Andile Phehlukwayo