Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI Match Prediction
Get to Know Who will win SL vs SA 1st ODI match and toss Prediction with Head to Head stats, Playing 11, Dream11, Live score & winning percentage.
Sep 02, 2021
15:00 IST / 9:30 GMT
R. Premadasa Stadium - Colombo, Sri Lanka
SL vs SA ODI
SL
RSA
SL vs RSA Betting Tips
Kusal Perera missed the India series due to injury but was one of the only players to bat well during the tour of England earlier this summer. He is a solid bet for Sri Lanka’s highest run scorer against South Africa. With the ball, Wanindu Hasaranga has been the leader of the attack throughout 2021 and is our recommendation for Sri Lanka’s top wicket taker in this ODI.
Rassie van der Dussen continues to maintain a very healthy ODI batting average of 74.53 from twenty innings. He is our tip for South Africa’s highest run scorer in the opening ODI. Kagiso Rabada is a threat in any format and took wickets in each of the ODIs against Ireland. He is worth backing for South Africa’s top wicket taker in this match.
Very few teams have found a way of scoring runs without losing wickets to Wanindu Hasaranga, particularly at the start of series. We expect Hasaranga to be rivalled by Kagiso Rabada for the Player of The Match Award with the Sri Lankan coming out on top.
SL vs RSA Win Probability
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Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI Prediction & Betting Tips
Sri Lanka and South Africa meet in the first of three ODIs at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday afternoon local time. The hosts lost their last ODI series 2-1 but did beat India in the final game by 3 wickets in late July. South Africa drew their last ODI series 1-1 with Ireland but also won the final match. Read on as we preview this game. This ODI begins at 15:00 local time.
Sri Lanka’s inexperienced side suddenly looks a lot stronger with Kusal Perera back in at the top of the order. This enables everyone to drop down to a more suitable position and they will be competitive in this series at home.
South Africa have endured a few years of choppy waters in all formats and appear to not be out of those inconsistent times yet. However, they have a settled ODI team and will target this as an important and winnable series.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on the Sony Sports Network in India and on Super Sports in South Africa.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on the Sony Liv app.
SL vs SA Match Toss Prediction
Sri Lanka prefer to bat first in this format whereas South Africa are comfortable chasing. We predict the hosts will bat first irrespective of who calls correctly.
SL vs SA Pitch Report
Any score approaching 300 will be very hard to chase down in Colombo. Spinners will find plenty of assistance from the surface.
Weather Report
Highs of 28 degrees with the odd thunderstorm on the horizon as the evening arrives.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI
It has been a strange couple of ODI series for Sri Lanka in recent months, with heavy defeats alongside senior players being sent home in England followed by a 2-1 defeat to India’s second string side. The return of Kusal Perera to the team is a huge boost.
SL Key Players
Kusal Perera - The keeper-batsman impressed in England in spite of having the added burden of leading a weak side. He can purely concentrate on his batting and glovework in this series.
Wanindu Hasaranga - The spinner has caused batsmen issues throughout this year whether in home conditions or away in the Caribbean or in the UK.
Dushmantha Chameera - The pace bowler has 16 wickets from 11 ODIs this year. He has had most joy overseas but will still be a threat in this series.
SL Team Form
Due to winning the final ODI against India, Sri Lanka ended a run of five matches without a win in this format.
SL vs RSA Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
Kusal Perera (9.5) and Heinrich Klaasen (9) will be our wicket-keepers. Perera could hold the key to this match with the bat.
Batsmen
Temba Bavuma (9.5), Rassie van der Dussen (9.5), Avishka Fernando (9) and Charith Asalanka (8.5) are our batsmen. van der Dussen has a remarkable international record in this format.
All-rounders
Wanindu Hasaranga (9) will be our all rounder. He is capable of hitting more than handy runs down the order but his bowling is very much his trump card.
Bowlers
Dushmantha Chameera (9), Kagiso Rabada (9), Tabraiz Shamsi (8.5) and Anrich Nortje (8.5) will be our bowlers. The conditions will be most favourable for Shamsi.
Captain/Vice-captain
Rassie van der Dussen will be captain, Wanindu Hasaranga his deputy
SL vs SA Dream11 Team Prediction
Batsmen:Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen (c), Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka
The Proteas continue to rebuild from a poor 2019 World Cup performance and have had some positive results since Temba Bavuma took charge of the limited overs sides. They have match winners in their squad but have struggled for consistency in this format.
SA Key Players
Aiden Markram - The opening batter has been a revelation in Test cricket since debuting in 2017. ODIs have not been quite as fruitful but he still has 2 ODI half-centuries to his name.
Rassie van der Dussen - The top order batsman has hit a century and 8 half-centuries across 20 ODI innings so far in his career with a strike-rate of 85.52.
Kagiso Rabada - The South Africa pace bowler continues to lead the attack across all formats and bowls with hostility and aggression irrespective of the pitch.
SA Team Form
Three game series are not conducive for building momentum and South Africa are a great example of this. They have two wins from the last five ODIs.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
SL vs RSA Team Form in Last Five Matches
SL : WLLNRL
RSA : WLNRLW
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Head to Head
South Africa lead the head to head in this format with a tie occurring during the 2003 World Cup
SL vs SA Head to Head Stats in T20
Matches Played
SL Won
SA Won
Tie
NR
77
31
44
1
1
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Betting Odds
The away side are heavy favourites to get the series underway with a win.
Who will win Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI?
Kusal Perera and Aiden Markram are the bookies favourites to hit the most runs on either side
Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI Top Team Batsmen
Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal are the top batsmen for Sri Lanka. We expect Perera to give Sri Lanka a massive boost by being back in the side.
For South Africa, we are backing Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen. All three have the ability to bat long and produce large scores.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st ODI Top Team Bowlers
With the ball, our tips are Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and Akila Dhananjaya for Sri Lanka. We expect Hasaranga to again shine in this match.
Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi are the top bowlers for South Africa. All three have plenty of experience of playing in local conditions.
We expect this game to be a lot closer than the bookmakers are predicting with Sri Lanka benefitting from the return of Kusal Perera and Dinesh Chandimal alongside South Africa being new to the home conditions. It will not be a high scoring match and we are backing South Africa to just about get over the winning line.
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Sep 02, 2021
15:00 IST / 9:30 GMT
R. Premadasa Stadium - Colombo, Sri Lanka
SL vs SA ODI 
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