ABOUT THE MATCH
After a disappointing tour against New Zealand, India will now all set to play three ODI matches against South Africa in India. South African players appear to be in a great form as they, would be taking over India after their successful tournament against Australia. Proteas had recently whitewashed the Australians by clean sweep by 3-0 in the ODI series.
The first ODI match will be played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India, On March 12th.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF INDIA
Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul (wk), Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF SOUTH AFRICA
Quinton de Kock (capt, wk), Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Jon-Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Nortje, Keshav Maharaj
TEAM AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: IND VS SA
TOP ORDER ANALYSIS | IND VS SA
- Prithvi Shaw is at the top spot with an impressive strike rate of 105.6 and 18 average runs.
MIDDLE ORDER ANALYSIS| IND VS SA
- Shreyas Iyer is at the top of middle-order with a massive strike rate of 112.06 and 30.6 average runs respectively.
- KL Rahul is next to the Shreyas with 102.16 strike rate and he is leading in the top average runs of middle-order with 62.6.
TOP AND MIDDLE ORDER ANALYSIS | IND VS SA
- When it comes to the top order runs, both the teams are at the same point with 43.8.
- Whereas in middle order South Africa tops with 44.31.
BOWLING ANALYSIS | IND VS SA
- South Africa is maintaining his upper hand in both average wickets and economy rate with 9 and 5.74.
TOP 3 BOWLERS ANALYSIS | IND VS SA
- If we see in the top 3 bowlers, Lungi Ngidi had taken 12 wickets with a 5.48 economy rate.
TOSS PREDICTION
The team that wins the toss will look to bat first and put a good score on the cards because of the due conditions.
PITCH AND CONDITIONS
The ground at Dharamsala has a rare surface in India, which gives more support to the seam bowlers. They should get good bounce and movement in the air, and batting is not that much natural here, if batsman will manage to stay they can enjoy the bounce here.
MATCH PREVIEW
INDIA
- India squad for the ODI series is going to witness the come back of Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Shikhar Dhawan.
- All three players are expected to play a crucial role in this ODI. Mainly Hardik Pandya, who is returning into the International games after a long break due to injury.
- In the bowling unit, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s experience will be helpful to the bowling side, and especially Chahal who had a great record against South Africa with 20 wickets in seven ODIs.
SOUTH AFRICA
- South Africa had played the T20I and Test series against India last year in that the T20Is were tied 1-1 while the hosts thrashed the Proteas 3-0 in the longer format.
- Captain Quinton de Kock, who is going to lead the team from the front and he is excellent at limited overs.
- The experienced players like Temba Bavuma, David Miller and Faf du Plessis are in the squad which are helpful for the batting side.
HEAD TO HEAD:
- Overall Matches – 84
- INDIA WON – 35
- SOUTH AFRICA WON – 46
- Draw – 0
- No- Result – 3
TEAM FORM IN LAST 5 MATCHES
- INDIA – L L L L L
- SOUTH AFRICA – W L W W W
PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS
- INDIA –Virat Kohli
- SOUTH AFRICA – Quinton de Kock
BROADCAST DETAILS
- Tv – Star Sports network
- Live Streaming – Hotstar
- Match Timings – 1:30 PM local & IST (8:00 AM GMT).
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM
In the last 5 ODIs between India and South Africa, Team India has won 4 times. They had an edge over South Africa in limited-overs cricket in recent years. Playing at home will give them a further advantage.
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