Photo Gallery: ICC World Cup 2019, England vs South Africa
Hosts and top-ranked side England are all set to take on South Africa in the opening match of the 2019 edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup at the Oval on Thursday. England, which are heading into the mega event as favourites, have interestingly never won the coveted trophy but the chances for them are looking high this time around as they have rejuvenated themselves in such a way that no other side has managed to do so in the last four years.South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis (left) and England captain Eoin Morgan (right) are all prepped up ahead of the World Cup opener. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@ICC)
South African captain Faf du Plessis and England captain Eoin Morgan walked down the crease for the toss in the opening match of the 2019 ICC World Cup at the Oval in London on Thursday. Du Plessis won the toss and opted to field first. Openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow will kickstart the innings for the hosts while Imran Tahir is opening the proceedings for South Africa. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@ICC)
South African spinner Imran Tahir celebrates after giving an early breakthrough to his side by removing England opener Jonny Bairstow for a golden duck. Bairstow edges the second delivery of the first over straight to South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock behind the wicket. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter/@cricketworldcup)
England all-rounder Ben Stokes raised the eyebrows by bagging one of the greatest catches of all time during South Africa's chase of the 312-run target in the World Cup opener. Andile Phehlukwayo was batting at 24 when he slapped the first delivery of the 35th over from Adil Rashid towards the boundary, only to see Stokes ran back before jumping into the air to pull off an incredible one-handed catch. (Image Credits: Twitter/@ICC)