The West Indies on Thursday will face South Africa at the Kotla stadium in New Delhi. The two are fascinating and skillful sides when it comes to limited-overs cricket. One thing is for sure that their brand of the game is riveting. The International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI rankings show a big gap between the two sides, the South Africans are fourth whereas the Caribbean side is languishing at the eighth position. Their recent head-to-head record is not inspiring, the South Africans hammering West Indies 5-0 when the two last met in 2010. The other talking point on the eve of the match is the Kotla pitch and how it will behave. The curators are confident that it will have something for both the batsmen and bowlers but many are keeping their fingers crossed after the India-Sri Lanka match in December 2009 was called off after 23 overs as the pitch was considered "dangerous" and the venue was banned from hosting international games for a year. sourc : samay
SA won comfortably by 7 wickets. Kotla pitch was main concern for host BCCI....& India. All went well, hoping that this ground will be out from ICC's virtual blacklist.
