In-form South Africa team will take on Bangladesh in match no. 23 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Proteas will be full of confidence after hammering defending world champions England by massive 229 runs at the same venue last week.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, are struggling in the middle of the table with just 1 win over Afghanistan in their 4 matches so far. They will be buoyed by the return of their talismanic skipper Shakib al Hasan, who appears to have recovered from a left quadriceps injury, but need to get back to winning ways if they hope to reach the semifinals stage.

“Taskin he is not available for tomorrow’s game, but hopefully he will be available after tomorrow’s game. He has some shoulder issues that he is suffering for last two games, so physio has decided that if he takes rest for 2 games then hopefully, he’ll be okay for the last 4 games which are important for us and Taskin is an important part of this team, so we don’t want to lose him in the middle of the tournament, and we don’t have much to replace him,” Shakib said in the pre-match press conference in Mumbai on Monday.

“And about my situation – I felt nothing at all when I was training yesterday and hopefully will be able to get through today’s session also without any pain,” he added.

South Africa may miss the services of their regular skipper Temba Bavuma again and Aiden Markram is likely to lead the side in his absence with Reeza Hendricks, who smashed 85 against England, likely to open the innings with Quinton de Kock again.

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c)/Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

(With inputs from agencies)