Sri Lanka vs South Africa, SL vs RSA, Today Match Prediction 12 September 2021

sl vs sa Match Prediction & Analysis

South Africa put on a clinical performance against the hosts to win comfortably by 28 runs. They have a chance to seal the series with a win in this match and can experiment with their playing XI in the final match. Sri Lanka on the other hand need to win this match to keep the series alive. Both teams will take every match seriously with T20I World Cup round the corner and players will look to give a spirited performance so as to put themselves in the best position to break into the playing XI.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Sri Lanka Preview

Sri Lanka never really threatened the chase as they started off cautiously with 34/2 in 6.1 overs. Dinesh Chandimal played a lone battle scoring 66 runs off 54 balls and their chase never really gathered momentum as they ended with 135/6 in 20 overs. Chamika Karunaratne (22 runs) and Dasun Shanaka (16 runs) played little cameos with the bat.

Wanidu Hasaranga was their star bowler as he had bowling figures of 4-0-24-2 in the match. Theekshana and Chameera picked up a wicket each but gave runs at over 8 RPO. Akila Dananjaya, Dananjaya De Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, and Dasun Shanaka combined together to bowl 8 overs giving away 70 runs.

Top players to bet on:

Charith Asalanka – Asalanka was in superb form in ODIs scoring 196 runs in 3 matches with a couple of75+ scores. We expect him to carry his form into the T20Is too after he missed out with the bat in the first match.

Wanidu Hasaranga – Hasaranga has been their key performer in the limited overs cricket for the last 1-2 years. He is the No.2 ranked T20I bowler at the moment and can be dangerous with the bat too.

Sri Lanka Predicted Playing XI:

Avishka Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa/Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya

Sri Lanka Actual Playing XI:

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Maheesh Theekshana, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Praveen Jayawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal, Wanidu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne

South Africa Preview

South Africa`s top-3 of Quinton De Kock (36 runs), Reeza Hendricks (38 runs), and Aiden Markram (48 runs) gave a steady start to their team. David Miller took on the bowlers for his 15-ball 26 runs to share a 65-run partnership with Aiden Markram which took them to an above par total of 165 runs on this pitch.

Bjorn Fortuin and Anrich nortje opened the bowling attack and had bowling figures of 1/24 & 1/29 respectively. Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Dwaine Pretorius took a wicket each in the match to trouble the middle order batters. They bowled well as a unit with all bowlers contributing for the team cause.

Top players to bet on:

Aiden Markram – Markram scored 48 runs off 33 balls and carried forward their team after the good platform by the openers. He is a class batsmen and we expect him to make a big score in this match too.

Keshav Maharaj – Maharaj had bowling figures of 4-0-19-1 in the last game and helped to restrict the run flow in the middle overs. He is leading the team from front in the absence of Temba Bavuma in this series.

South Africa Predicted Playing XI:

Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen/Rassie Van Der Dussen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj (c), Kagiso Rabada, Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

South Africa Actual Playing XI:

Dwaine Pretorius, Quinton de Kock, Anrich Nortje, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Bjorn Fortuin

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Colombo will have a bright and sunny weather with very less to no chances for rain. We expect cricket to take the center stage with no external distractions in this match.

Venue Details

Colombo pitch was hard and had a bit of carry and bounce for the pacers. There were some footmarks for the spinners to operate in the match. Overall, it is an impressive playing conditions with something for both batters and bowlers. The average score in this pitch will be 160 runs.

Toss: To Bat

Both teams wanted to bat first in the first match and we expect both captains to bat first as the pitch might slow down as the match progresses.