Who will win Pak vs SA Champions Trophy 2017, 7th Match?
After being hammered by India in their opening match, Pakistan will now face South Africa in a must-win Group B game on June 7. The Edgbaston in Birmingham will be the setting for this seventh fixture of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM local time.
Pak vs SA CT 2017: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Star Sports 1, Fox Sports, SkySports, Channel 9
Live Streaming: Hotstar, Bet365, Foxtel
Toss Prediction
The side batting first has won 9 of the past 13 one-day internationals hosted at the Edgbaston. Toss, therefore, will be an important factor in this game and whichever team wins it will probably want to put runs on the scoreboard first up. We suggest betting on South Africa if they happen to bat first as they have won three of their last four matches at this ground in which they batted first.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Pak vs SA, Champions Trophy 2017....
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Wahab Riaz has been ruled out of the remainder of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 with an ankle injury he sustained while bowling in the last match against India. He is likely to be replaced by fellow paceman Junaid Khan for this upcoming match. The rest of the squad seems to be injury-free at the moment.
Key Players
Azhar Ali cracked a fifty in the game against India. He was the only one of all the Pakistani batsmen who seemed to be comfortable, and since this match will be played at the same venue, one can expect another good performance from him. Shoaib Malik has been among the runs of late and his experience will be handy in the middle order. Mohammad Amir and Shadab Khan were very economical on what seemed to be a flat batting track. Pakistan will rely on these two bowlers to deliver the goods for them against a powerful South African batting lineup.
Recent Form
Pakistan have now lost six out of the nine one-day internationals they have played so far this year. In their first game of the Champions Trophy against India, they were not up to the mark with both bat and ball and were sloppy in the field too.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
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Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
South Africa will be going into this game with all their players in good physical condition and the selectors are likely to retain the same lineup from the last game against Sri Lanka.
Key Players
Hashim Amla has a score of 81 in the only match he has played at the Edgbaston. The opener struck a century in the first game against Sri Lanka and looks set for another big innings come Wednesday. Faf du Plessis too had a good outing in that match and he will be another batsman to watch out for. Imran Tahir befuddled the Sri Lankan batsmen with his legbreaks and finished with impressive figures of 4 for 27 to earn the 'Man of the Match' award. South Africa might bring him early on in the game and look to induce errors from the Pakistani batters.
Recent Form
This has been a good year so far for the South Africans as far as their form in the 50-overs format is concerned, winning 10 out of 14 matches. They won their opening game against Sri Lanka by 96 runs and were brilliant in all departments of the game.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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AB de Villiers (c), HM Amla, Q de Kock (wk), F du Plessis, DA Miller, JP Duminy, CH Morris, WD Parnell, K Rabada, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Pakistan: L W W L L
South Africa: W W L L W
Pakistan vs South Africa Head to Head in ODIs
South Africa have won 66.19% of their ODIs against Pakistan - 47 wins in 71 matches. However, Pakistan have done well in the recent past having beaten South Africa thrice in their previous four attempts. The two teams have faced each other only once at the Edgbaston. That also happened to be one of the group games of the 2013 Champions Trophy which was won by South Africa by 67 runs.
Pakistan vs South Africa Betting Odds
Pakistan will be pretty low on confidence after the thrashing they received at the hands of India. They have struggled to win matches in foreign conditions and it is not surprising to see them start as outsiders at 4.1 with Betfair and 3.40 with Bet365. South Africa on the other hand have been ticking away all the boxes. They are aggressive with the bat, a big threat with the ball and live wire in the field. The Proteas are therefore favorites to win this match at 1.31 with betfair and 1.33 with bet365.
Pakistan vs South Africa Prediction
Pakistan don't have much positives to take from their game against India and the big defeat has dented their hopes of making it to the semi-finals. Mohammad Amir has not been in the best of forms lately and now the absence of Wahab Riaz will really hurt the team's chances. South Africa have been on a roll in one-day cricket and they have an impressive ODI record at this ground having lost just two out of the seven matches. They outplayed Pakistan here the last time they played against them and they look well set to beat them again. We thus predict South Africa to win this match and book a spot in the semis.
Final Verdict: Back South Africa to beat Pakistan in the Group B match of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at 1.31 with betfair and 1.33 with bet365.
Jun 07, 2017
18:00 IST / 12:30 GMT
Sophia Gardens - Cardiff, England
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