SA vs IND 1st ODI Match Prediction & Betting Tips
After the T20I series was shared 1-1, South Africa and India resume battle on Sunday in the first game of their three-match ODI series. This will be the first time either side has played this format since South Africa were knocked out of the World Cup in the semi-final and India beaten in the final. Read on as we preview this game. The first ODI gets underway at 10:00 local time at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
South Africa will once again be looking to their strong batting line-up to produce the goods in this game. They also have a strong spin bowling attack but the pace options do look a little weak. That could be the area where India are able to get on top of them.
India came back from 1-0 down to draw the T20I series at this venue on Thursday and there will be plenty of confidence and self-belief in the squad ahead of this match. India have such depth in their teams that they should be able to win this game even though they are resting many of their top players.
South Africa vs India 1st ODI Match Live Streaming
TV channels: This game will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network and Sky Cricket.
Live Streaming: You can live-stream the match on Sky Go and Disney+ Hotstar.
SA vs IND Match Toss Prediction
The last two and three of the last four ODIs at the Wanderers Stadium were won by the team batting first but six of the last nine have been won by the team fielding first! Both teams preferred to bat first in the 2023 Cricket World Cup so we predict that both captains will choose to bat first if they win the toss.
SA vs IND Pitch Report
There will be turn on this pitch and we saw the spinners bowl well here in the T20I on Thursday. A par score will be around 320.
Johannesburg Weather Report
The forecast is for another dry day in Johannesburg with the temperature climbing from 22 degrees early on to the late 20s. Humidity will not be an issue at this venue.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for South Africa vs India 1st ODI 2023
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
SA Team News
With Kagiso Rabada and Temba Bavuma both missing the ODI series, Aiden Markram captains the side again after doing so in the T20Is. Top order batter Rassie van der Dussen comes back into the side with Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen both resting throughout this series.
SA Key Players
- Rassie van der Dussen- the top order batter has hit six ODI centuries, 14 fifties in this format and averages 55.28 from 53 innings.
- Aiden Markram- the captain will have his work cut out to lead an inexperienced group of pace bowlers in this series. However with the bat he will enjoy the pace on the ball and has hit over 2000 ODI runs.
- Keshav Maharaj- the 33 year old left-arm spinner had a very impressive Cricket World Cup and looked just as good in Thursday’s T20I where he took 2/26.
- Nandre Burger- the tall left-arm quick bowler made his international debut on Thursday and picked up the key wicket of Rinku Singh. He certainly has the pace to trouble good bowlers at this level.
SA Team Form
South Africa had an impressive Cricket World Cup in India but lost two of their last three games.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Kyle Verreynne, Andile Phehlukwayo, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
India Team News & Playing 11
IND Team News
The visitors have also chosen to rest plenty of big name players for this series with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami not involved in this series. KL Rahul will captain the team.
IND Key Players
- KL Rahul- the skipper returned from injury just in time for the home World Cup and hit over 200 runs across the final three games. He is a remarkably consistent international batter.
- Shreyas Iyer- the right-hander made only 4 runs in the Cricket World Cup Final but had made scores of 105, 128 not out, 77 and 82 in his previous four ODI innings.
- Kuldeep Yadav- the left-arm wrist spinner took his seventh international 5-wicket haul of his career on Thursday and continues to take his bowling to new levels in white ball cricket.
- Avesh Khan- the 27 year old right arm fast medium bowler is yet to have a breakthrough performance in ODI cricket but he impressed with his consistency in the recent T20I series with Australia.
IND Team Form
India won all of their group stage games and the semi-final in the Cricket World Cup before losing in the final to Australia.
India Predicted Playing 11
KL Rahul (c) (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Sai Sudharsan, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
South Africa vs India Head to Head
India are targeting their fourth successive ODI victory over South Africa and have not lost to them in this format since October last year. However, overall it is South Africa who lead the head to head 50-38.
SA vs IND Head to Head Stats in ODI's
| |
Matches Played |
SA Won |
IND Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
91 |
50 |
38 |
0 |
3 |
| Last 5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
South Africa vs India Betting Odds
The bookies expect South Africa to be competitive in this game but have the hosts at 2.25 to win. India are favourites and can be backed to go 1-0 up in the series at 1.57.
Who will win South Africa vs India 1st ODI Match?
Although South Africa were bowled out for 95, we saw India hit over 200 in a T20I innings on this pitch on Thursday. So we expect high scores again in this game which should give South Africa a good opportunity. However, player for player, we think India have the better squad for this game.
🏆 South Africa vs India Prediction
After the T20I series was shared, both sides will be keen to get ahead in the ODIs at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. It should be an exciting game for supporters at the ground and across the globe with plenty of runs expected. South Africa certainly have a brilliant batting line-up and it will be very interesting to see how they play Kuldeep Yadav who ran through them on Thursday. Our prediction is for a close game but with India getting the win.
India to beat South Africa in the 1st ODI
Dec 17 - Dec 17, 2023
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
Wanderers Stadium - Johannesburg, South Africa
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