Who will win South Africa and Sri Lanka 1st ODI?
The 1st ODI match between South Africa and Sri Lanka will be played on January 28, 2017. The match will be played at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth and the live action will begin at 10:00 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction for the 1st ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Toss
The team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first, since a big score on the ground is unlikely and so the chase is expected to be easier.
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
AB de Villiers will be captaining the team and Chris Morris will be returning to the team after recovering from an injury. Lungi Ngidi has been included in the ODI squad for the first time.
Key Players
AB de Villiers is returning to the ODI format after a while and will hopefully exhibit the magic he is known for. David Miller and Farhaan Behardien are expected to give an equal support in scoring runs. South Africa have a lot of big names in the batting side and will have to live up to the expectation. New addition Lungi Ngidi impressed the team with his bowling performance in the T20 matches and will be expected to continue his form. Imran Tahir and Wayne Parnell have given commendable performances in the previous matches and are likely to give a hard time to the Sri Lankan batsmen in this series as well.
Recent Form
South Africa have been playing well against Sri Lanka, and made a cleansweep in the test series, but lost the T20 series by 2-1. The home conditions have been favouring the team and the return of AB de Villiers as the captain will surely boost up the team's performance.
South Africa Predicted XI
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AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi, Chris Morris.
Sri Lanka Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Upul Tharanga will be the captain for the Sri Lankan side in the ODI series. Lahiru Madushanka and Sandun Weerakkody have been called up for the ODI series and it will be their first match. Nuwan Pradeep and Danushka Gunathilaka have returned home due to injuries.
Key Players
Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, and Upul Tharanga have given decent batting performances up till now and will be good for the team’s morale if they put up good scores in this match. The batting side has been rather weak on this tour and need to raise their game in order to win more matches. The bowling side has been performing quite better in comparison to the batting side. The team has picked good bowlers based on previous performances, like Nuwan Kulasekara, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana and Suranga Lakmal who have bowled well and taken a lot of important wickets on this tour and will be the key players to fight the South African team.
Recent Form
Sri Lanka was low on hope after losing the test series but made a good comeback by winning 2 T20 matches and clinching the series. They have a good squad for the ODI matches and are expected to give a tough fight to South Africa.
Sri Lanka Predicted XI
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Upul Tharanga (c), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana, Lahiru Madushanka, Sandun Weerakkody.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka Head to Head
Sri Lanka have lost the test series and won the T20 series on this tour, and both teams are ready to take on each other to win the ODI matches. Sri Lanka and South Africa have played 16 ODI games against each other in the last 9 years and have won 8 each.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Betting Odds
South Africa have been playing well in both batting and bowling departments and are expected to take up on the ODI series against Sri Lanka as well, and their odds to win this match are 1.20 with 1xbet and 1.16 with bet365. Sri Lanka on the other hand will have to push their limits to fight against the hosts and win this match, their odds being 5.80 with betfair and 5.00 with bet365.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Prediction
South Africa have a boosted morale with AB de Villiers leading the team again, and are ready to take on the visitors and show them a difficult time. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, may have been performing invariably decent, but have some good players who are capable of standing firm against the South African team.
South Africa have good players in both batting and bowling sides. Back South Africa to win this match @1.20 with 1xbet and 1.16 with bet365
Jan 28, 2017
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
St Georges Park - Gqeberha, South Africa
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