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SA vs IND 1st ODI Match Preview and Fantasy Prediction

By Real11 - Jan 19 2022 386 Views
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India Tour of South Africa

Match 01: SA vs. IND 

Preview 

The day has come when Virat Kohli will dawn the field in India blue but won’t be captaining the side. Something, we have last witnessed in 2014 when he was playing under the legendary MS Dhoni. As just a batter in the side, Virat Kohli needs to bring back his A game. It has been quite some time since we have seen that Virat run-scoring Kohli that used to dominate every single match. People will be looking at Virat for obvious reasons but it is very important for India to win this match and then the series against South Africa. One of the reasons of course is because of their defeat in the test series and they should bounce back in the ODI’s. However, the other reason is way more important. The 50 overs Cricket World Series is just a year away and the Indian team hasn’t played a lot of one days in recent times.

Appointed Captain Rohit Sharma has already been ruled out of the series because of his injury. KL Rahul will be leading the team in his absence and Jasprit Bumrah will be serving as the vice-captain of the side. Ravichandran Ashwin will be making his long-awaited return to ODI cricket and with the World Series in mind, he will be a very interesting prospect. He always brings something different and thus it makes him very unpredictable to say the least. It is always an advantage in cricket.

The eyes however will be on Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer and on Venkatesh Iyer. Shikhar’s place in the one-day squad is not given and he needs to prove it now. He has won India a lot of matches in the past but right now, the competition is too intense. Rituraj Gaikwad, who had a tremendous Indian T20 League and then domestic league is waiting in the line and with Rohit Sharma’s return, the fight for the opening spot will be intense and for Shikhar Dhawan to be in the race, he will have to make this series count. Otherwise, this can be his very last time in the ODI circuit.

Venkatesh Iyer is a very important member of the Indian team right now. As Hardik Pandya has been outlined because of injury, Iyer will have the responsibility of winning India matches with both bat and bowl. His fearless brand of cricket should help India in the dying overs. Shreyas Iyer, on the other hand, will have a lot of responsibilities as well. He has done well in the past but again if he doesn’t perform and Shikhar performs, then KL Rahul can drop himself in the middle order to let Rohit-Dhawan open. In short, the competition is too stiff and everyone needs to perform well to cement their position before the World Series next year.

The South African team on the other hand lacks experience. The fans took them lightly in the test series as well and they came to know how dangerous the Proteas can be. Temba Bavuma will be making his return to the side after four months and the captain will be having a hard task in hand when they take on India. Quinton De Kock is another player on whom the entire nation will depend on. He is already a legend of South Africa and will be the most experienced batter for the team when they take the field. Before the mega auction for Indian T20 League, the likes of David Miller and Van Der Dussen will also be charged up to do well for the side.

Match Details

Match: SA vs. IND, 1st Match, India Tour of South Africa

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Time: 2:00 pm

Venue: Bolland Park, Paarl. 

Pitch Report

The pitch is expected to be slow and flat. Batting first will be ideal in this pitch as with time, the pitch will get slower and slower. Dew won’t be having any effect in the match and expect a game between 250-300.

SA vs. IND Squads

SA: Quinton de Kock(WK), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius, Aiden Markram, Zubayr Hamza, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen

IND: KL Rahul(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Navdeep Saini, Suryakumar Yadav

SA vs. IND Probable XIs

SA: Quinton de Kock, Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (C), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

IND: KL Rahul (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Match Prediction

India should get the win but it is not going to be easy at all. This team depends a lot on KL Rahul and on Virat Kohli and things need to change now in order to win the match and also to focus on the future goals. South Africa will be coming all guns blazing as they will have nothing to lose. Expect a good game.

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