South Africa vs India, RSA vs IND, Today Match Prediction 21 January 2022

sa vs ind Match Prediction & Analysis

South Africa are on a roll winning the opening ODI match against India by 43 runs and have a great opportunity to win this match and seal the series comfortably. India has been marred to shift in the captaincy and other off-field issues which has taken away the momentum from their side. They will need to regroup themselves and play to their strengths to make a brilliant comeback and keep the ODI series alive in this match. South Africa are riding high on confidence and will look to win the ODI series too with a win here.

TEAMS PREVIEW

South Africa Preview

South Africa were in a spot of bother at 68/3 in the 18th over before the duo of Temba Bavuma (110 runs) and Rassie Van Der Dussen (129 runs) making a brilliant 204 run partnership in the middle. They ended up with an above par score of 296 runs in their 50 overs.

South African bowlers kept the pressure on despite India looking comfoirtable in the chase early on. Keshav Maharaj and Aiden Markram dismissed the openers then their bowling trio of Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, and Tabraiz Shamsi picked up 2 wickets each in the match to derail the Indian middle order.

Key players to bet on:

Rassie Van Der Dussen – RVD made a brilliant 129 runs off 96 balls with 9 boundaries and 4 sixes. His knock helped their team to post the additional 20-30 runs in the end for his team.

Keshav Maharaj – Maharaj was brilliant with the ball with figure of 10-0-421 in the match and dismissed well set Shikhar Dhawan to start the Indian collapse. We expect him to continue his good performance in this match too

South Africa Predicted Playing XI:

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

South Africa Actual Playing XI:

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

India Preview

KL Rahul`s move to open the batting failed but Shikhar Dhawan (79 runs) and Virat Kohli (50 runs) played beautifully and shared a brilliant 96-run partnership but their middle order collapsed from 131/1 to 199/7 to make a mess of the good start. Shardul Thakur showed his batting capabilities with an unbeaten fifty in the lower order but was not able to trouble the chase.

Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Ashwin were the only bowlers to trouble the opposition and picked up 3 wickets between them. Shardul Thakur and Bhuvneshwar Kumar went for runs at over 6 RPO while Yuzi Chahal bowled with decent figures of 10-0-53-0 in the middle overs. Indian bowlers need claim wickets in the match very early on.

Key players to bet on: 

Shikhar Dhawan – Dhawan was in great nick scoring 79 runs off 84 balls but his untimely caused a collapse in the middle order. We expect him to carry forward his brilliant form into this match too.

Jasprit Bumrah – Bumrah had bowling figures of 2/48 in the match and he was brilliant at the start and death overs. We expect him to continue his good form with the ball in this match too.

India Predicted Playing XI:

Shikhar Dhawan, , KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, 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 260-270 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

The pitch will slow down as the match progresses and teams batting first has a 8-4 win-loss record at this venue so far. We expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.