Today Cricket Match Prediction, South Africa vs Pakistan, 1st ODI Match. Who Will Win, On Apr 2, 2021

The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of the ODI cricket. The 1st ODI match of the Pakistan tour of South Africa is scheduled to be held on Friday, 2nd April 2021 at SuperSport Park, Centurion. We are posting safe, secure, and accurate today match prediction of all matches of Pakistan and South Africa.

South Africa was recently on the tour of Pakistan where they played two test matches and three T20 matches. They lost the test series with 2-0 and also lost the series of three matches by 2-1. Now, Pakistan is starting the tour of South Africa where they will play three ODI and four T20 matches. Temba Bavuma will be leading South Africa in this ODI home series against Pakistan. The batting order of South Africa is strong at least on papers. Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, and Rassie van der Dussen will be leading the batting order of South Africa in this ODI series.

JJ Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Sisanda Magala, Wiaan Mulder, and Lizaad Williams are the all-rounders who are part of this team. Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, and Kyle Verreynne are the wicket keeper batsmen in the South Africa team. The bowling department of South Africa is also strong as compared to team Pakistan. Beuran Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, and Daryn Dupavillon are the key bowlers who are available for the selection in the final playing eleven.

Pakistan had recently beaten South Africa in the Test and T20 series. Now, this series of ODI and T20 matches is a big test for team Pakistan to get a good combination for the upcoming world cup. Babar Azam will be leading the Pakistan team during this series. The batting order of Pakistan looks strong at least on papers. Fakhar Zaman is back on the team after a long time. Imam ul Haq is part of the squad of the Pakistan team.

Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, and Asif Ali will be leading the batting order of Pakistan with Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, and the skipper, Babar Azam. Pakistan has a lot of experienced all-rounders in the squad. Usman Qadar, Danish Aziz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, and Shadab Khan are the key all-rounders in the final squad of team Pakistan. Mohammad Rizwan and Sarfraz Ahmed are wicket-keeper batsmen in the team. The bowling department of Pakistan is also strong and experienced. Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, and Shaheen Afridi will be leading the bowling department of Pakistan.

South Africa had played a total of 625 ODI matches where they won 385 and Opposing teams won 216 matches. Their 18 matches ended with no result and six matches were tied.

Pakistan had played 930 ODI matches. They won 488 matches while opposing teams won 414 matches. 20 matches of Pakistan were ended with no result and eight matches of Pakistan were tied.

South Africa had faced Pakistan in 79 ODI matches where South Africa 50 matches and Pakistan had won 28 matches against South Africa. One ODI match between these two teams was ended with no result.

According to today prediction, South Africa is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make South Africa a favorite team to win this match.

• The batting order of South Africa is strong and in good form
• Home ground and conditions are in the favor of South Africa
• South Africa team is the overall strong team as compared to Pakistan

South Africa has a strong batting order on the side which in excellent form. So the winning chances of today match for South Africa have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

South Africa has a 52% chance to win this match
Pakistan has 48% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st match of this series and scheduled to be held at SuperSport Park, Centurion. Pitch here in this stadium is a batting favored and with a little bit of bounce that may help the seamers. Spinners can play a key role in this pitch. A score of near about 280 runs should be as par.

The weather forecast for Centurion is not good for this match. There are some chances of rain and that is possible that we may have a short match.

Dream11 Prediction for South Africa vs Pakistan. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of Pakistan and South Africa is mentioned under.

WICKETKEEPER:
M Rizwan
H Klaasen
BATSMEN:
H Ali
B Azam (c)
J Malan
D Miller (VC)
R Hendricks
ALL-ROUNDERS:
F Ashraf
BOWLERS:
H Rauf
U Qadir
Hassan Ali

Date: Friday, 2nd April 2021
Time: 08:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM LOCAL/ 01:30 PM IST

Stadium: SuperSport Park
Location: Centurion, South Africa
Capacity: 22,000
Known as: SuperSport Centurion; Centurion Park
Ends: Pavilion End, Hennops River End
Time Zone: UTC +02:00
Home to: Northern Transvaal, Northerns
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 54
Matches won batting first: 22
Matches won bowling first: 30
Average 1st Inns scores: 246
Average 2nd Inns scores: 209
Highest total recorded: 392/6 (50 Ov) by RSA vs PAK
Lowest total recorded: 118/10 (32.2 Ov) by RSA vs IND
Highest score chased: 319/3 (46.2 Ov) by RSA vs Eng
Lowest score defended: 198/10 (44.3 Ov) by AFRICA XI vs ASIAXI

Temba Bavuma (c), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Kyle Verreynne, JJ Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Sisanda Magala, Wiaan Mulder, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, Daryn Dupavillon.