Pakistan vs South Africa, South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2021, Today Match Prediction 14 Feb 2021

pak vs sa Match Prediction & Analysis

South Africa`s victory in the second match has brought a lot of interest into this series with the third and last match being a decider. South Africa team will be relieved their T20 losing streak has finally come to end with a win and they will look to top it up with a series victory to their name. A series victory will be their biggest achievement if they could get it before returning home. Pakistan team were all over the visitors but a loss in the second T20I have given the visitors to finish the tour on good note. But Pakistan will look to win this match and seal the T20I series in their favor.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Pakistan Preview

Mohammed Rizwan scored yet another 50+ plus to lead his team with the other top order batsmen failing. Iftikhar Ahmed made a crucial 20 runs to provide good support to the Rizwan at other end. Faheem Ashraf took on the bowling attack with his 12-ball 30 runs to finish the innings with a flourish.

Shaheen Afridi and Mohammed Nawaz were the only bowlers to bowl with good control and accuracy as they picked up a wickets each and gave runs at just 6 RPO. Rest of the bowlers gave runs at over 9 RPO as they could not control the opposition batsmen.

Top players to bet on:

Mohmmd Rizwan – Rizwan has scores of 104 & 51 in the 2 matches and will look to help his team win the decider with yet another superb knock. He has three 50+ scores on a trot in T20Is.  

Shaheen Afridi – Afridi had bowling figure of 3-1-18-1 in the last game and will look to take wickets early in the power play. He has the ability to swing the ball at good pace with the new ball in hand.

Pakistan Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

Pakistan Actual Playing XI:

Usman Qadir, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Hasan Ali, Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi

South Africa Preview

Reeza Hendricks and Pite Van Biljon scored 42 runs each at a good strike rate to build a good platform in the chase after an early collapse of 21/2.  David Miller and Heinrich Klassen then took the tack to the opposition to finish the match in just 16.2 overs. South Africa batting unit ended the match comfortably with 22 balls and 6 wickets remaining.

Dwaine Pretorius was the star of the night as he picked up 5 wickets with the ball to register the best bowling figures of South African player (5/17) in T20Is. Spinners JJ Smuts and Tabraiz Shamsi were superb in the middle overs tangling the batsmen in their web and had combined bowling figures of 8-0-36-1.

Top players to bet on:

Reeza Hendricks – Hendricks has scores of 54 & 42 in the 2 matches and he has been the pillar of his team’s batting at the top order this season. We expect him to finish the serie with yet another good knock with the bat.

Tabraiz Shamsi – Shamsi has bowling figures of 1/20 & 1/16 in the two matches and h is really unplayable on this surface. He will look to continue his superb showing with the ball in this match too.  

South Africa Predicted Playing XI:

Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, JJ Smuts, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (c & wk), Pite van Biljon, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, Tabraiz Shamsi

South Africa Actual Playing XI:

Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Lutho Sipamla, Janneman Malan, Bjorn Fortuin, David Miller, PJ van Biljon, Andile Phehlukwayo, JJ Smuts, Heinrich Klaasen, Dwaine Pretorius

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Lahore has a hot and humid climate on the match day which are well suited for the playing conditions. We expect a full match with no interruptions from weather.

Venue Details

Gaddafi Stadium is expected to have a good balance between bat and ball and a little towards with the batsmen getting used to the nature of the pitch. We can expect average scores in the range of 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

South Africa has opted to chase after winning the toss in first 2 matches and we expect both captains to continue the trend.