South Africa and Sri Lanka 1st Test Prediction

Team News

Upul Tharanga, Vikum Sanjaya, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, and Suranga Lakmal are added in the team for the series against South Africa. Asela Gunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, and Dhammika Prasad were not included for this series.

Key Players

Sri Lanka too have a good batting side that could be the prime reason of their strong performance in this series. Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva are expected to put up a high scoring opening partnership. Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva will be setting up the middle order, who are in a very good form and can hopefully raise the performance of the batting side. Upul Tharanga is also expected to contribute big runs to the scoreboard since he was selected in the test side because of his performance in the recent Zimbabwe tour.

Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, and Vikum Sanjaya are the fresh faces that the spectators will get to see in the bowling side, along with the experienced player Suranga Lakmal. The bowling side may seem a little weaker in comparison to the team’s batting side, but the players are capable enough to push themselves and will hopefully be able to tackle the South African batsmen. A decent bowling performance can also be expected from the all rounder Angelo Mathews who could be a wild card for the team. 

Recent Form

Sri Lanka defeated 2 teams, Zimbabwe and West Indies, and won the Zimbabwe tour before coming to play against South Africa. The team is fully pumped up for another series win and will be giving in all their efforts to beat South Africa.

South Africa vs Sri Lanka Head To Head

South Africa have played 5 test matches against Sri Lanka in the last 5 years and have won 3 of them. The hosts have a historical advantage as well as a geographical advantage of playing at home. The Sri Lankan team will have to raise their overall performance in order to win against South Africa.

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Betting Odds

South Africa are coming from a win against Australia and are in a very good form, and are are all set to start the series with a win over Sri Lanka, their odds being 1.30 with bet365. Sri Lanka are also pumped up after defeating Zimbabwe and West Indies in the tri-series, but will have to work hard on their bowling to beat the South African team, their odds being 10.00 with bet365. The odds of neither of the team winning and the match ending up in a draw are 5.25 with bet365. 

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Prediction

Both teams are coming from a series win, which means good performances can be expected. Sri Lanka have a good batting side, which will be the key to their overall performance in the series, as the bowling side seems a little weak. The bowlers will have to dial up their game to go against the South African batsmen. South Africa, on the other hand, look pretty strong as a team, in both batting and bowling departments, even after a few important players missing out the series. They will surely not underestimate Sri Lanka, but will likely overpower them.

South Africa have a better bowling side in comparison to Sri Lanka and are overall strong as a team, and we predict them to win this test match.