South Africa vs India, RSA vs IND, Today Match Prediction 19 January 2022

sa vs ind Match Prediction & Analysis

South Africa made a brilliant comeback to win the Test series 2-1 after losing the first test. Indian team has been marred by the noise of Virat Kohli resigning as the Indian test skipper. India will be under the leadership of KL Rahul in this series as full-time skipper Rohit Sharma is not available. They will look to make a good start with a victory in the opening match. Hosts South Africa will look to ride on the momentum from the tests and try to win the kick off the ODIs with a win too. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

South Africa Preview

South Africa will open with Quinton De Kock and Janneman malan at the top followed by the likes of skipper Temba Bavuma, Van Der Dussen, David Miller, and Aiden Markram in the middle order who has been consistent in the recent tours. They will have bowling all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo in the No.7 spot.

Their pace trio of Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, and Marco Jansen will look to continue their good work in the ODIs too like the test series. Tabraiz Shamsi will be their No.1 spinner with Keshav Maharaj waiting in the squad. Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pretorius, and Wayne Parnell will wait for the opportunities in the playing XI to prove their mettle.

Key players to bet on:

Quniton De Kock – De Kock is the most experienced batter in the top-6 and he will be expected to make a big score in this ODI series. We expect him to lead their batting charge at the top.

Kagiso Rabada – Rabada was the top wicket taker in the tests and we expect him to continue his purple patch in the ODIs too. Rabada on his day can destroy any batting line-up.

South Africa Predicted Playing XI:

Quinton De Kock, Aiden Markram, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Marco Janson, Andile Phehlukwayo

South Africa Actual Playing XI:

Marco Jansen, Quinton de Kock, Tabraiz Shamsi, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Rassie van der Dussen

India Preview

Shikhar Dhawan is expected to open the batting alongside Ruturaj Gaikwad in this match and Venkatesh Iyer stand an outside chance as opener in this match. KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Rishabh Pant will form the middle order batting of the team with Shreyas Iyer being the standby option.

Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will be the first choice pacers with Shardul Thakur or Deepak Chahar expected to take the third seamer`s spot. Experienced players Ravi Ashwin and Yuzi Chahal will take up the spinner`s slots in the playing XI. Mohammed Siraj will be monitored for his fitness after an injury in the test series.

Key players to bet on: 

Ruturaj Gaikwad – Gaikwad has been piling up runs in the past 6 months across different formats and different tournaments consistently. We expect him to showcase his class and form in this series too if provide an opportunity.

Jasprit Bumrah – Bumrah is India`s ace pacer and he will be disappointed with the Test series loss and will be looking to make amends for it with a win in the ODI series.

India Predicted Playing XI:

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shikhar Dhawan, , KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Risabh Pant (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Yuzi Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah

India Actual Playing XI:

Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul, YS Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli, SN Thakur

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Paarl will have sunny and hot climate on the match day with very less to no chances of rain as per the weather forecasters.

Venue Details

Boland Park will have a good balance between the bat and ball with something in it for both pacers and spinners. The pitch might slow down as the match progresses. We expect the scores to be in the range of 250-260 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

The pitch will slow down as the match progresses and teams batting first has a 7-4 win-loss record at this venue so far. We expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.