India, Feb. 22 -- India vs South Africa in the Super 8 is a match with built in stakes. It is a heavyweight collision at the business end of the tournament and it can set the tone for the rest of the Super 8 group in a single night. Both sides have arrived with momentum, both have match winners in multiple departments, and the venue has already made one thing clear in this World Cup. If you are planning for a 160 game, you are planning to lose.

The key context for this game is the Narendra Modi Stadium pattern in this tournament. Ahmedabad has not behaved like a grind venue. It has behaved like a scoring venue where par keeps rising and where the side that mistakes containment for control gets punished late.

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