Two bruised teams, one more than the other, face each other in Indore searching for a win to get their World Cup campaign off the ground. This game presents both sides with a chance to course correct early. For South Africa, it's also an opportunity to get one back at New Zealand to whom they lost last year's T20 World Cup final to.
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Battle of bruised contenders as SA, NZ chase reset in Indore
South Africa were bundled out of their third lowest ODI score against England © Getty
New Zealand's World Cup began with a loss to their trans-Tasman rivals. Despite getting into a position of strength, having Australia down 128/5, they were unable to drive home the advantage after failing to halt Ash Gardner's rampage. While Sophie Devine kept them in the chase with a valiant century, insufficient support from the rest meant that they fell 89 runs short. Still, there were enough positives for them to take away unlike their upcoming opponents.
South Africa will want to wipe out what happened in their opening game and treat this one as their first of the tournament. "We need to put it behind us as quickly as we can and move forward," said Laura Wolvaardt in the aftermath of their
