At Boland Park in Paarl, South Africa and India will play the second ODI of the ongoing series. After India’s middle-order struggled to move past the Proteas’ 296-run total, South Africa won the first match by 31 runs. Two South African batters, Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen, scored 204 runs for the fourth wicket.
Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli took a 92-run stand for the second wicket. Before being removed, Dhawan scored 79 runs off 84 balls, and Kohli made 51 runs off 63 balls, falling short of the century mark once more. Following Kohli’s dismissal, India lost five wickets for just 62 runs. Shardul Thakur scored 50 runs off 43 balls but fell short of the target.
Weather
The weather in Paarl is forecast to be between 22~40 °C.
Pitch
Boland Park’s pitch is ideal for batting, and batter’s strokes can now be freely played once the pitching machine has been established. On the other hand, the new-ball bowlers should get some early swing, making things difficult for hitters.
Probable Playing XIs
South Africa:
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Janneman Malan, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi
India:
KL Rahul (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal
South Africa vs India – 2nd ODI, Dream 11:
Rassie van der-Dussen (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Virat Kohli, Temba Bavuma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jasprit Bumrah, Marco Jansen, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi
Prediction
Match winner
- South Africa
Winning the toss
- South Africa
Top Batsman
- South Africa – Aiden Markram
- India – Virat Kohli
Top Bowler
- South Africa – Kagiso Rabada
- India – Jasprit Bumrah
Most Sixes
- South Africa – Quinton de Kock
- India – Rishabh Pant
Player of the Match
- South Africa – Quinton de Kock
Team Scores Batting First
- South Africa – 280+
- India – 260+
South Africa has taken a commanding lead in the series after winning the first game convincingly. The Indian bowlers struggled in the first game, so they’ll have to give it all out in the second to tie the series.
Meanwhile, the hosts will try to win the series with one game to spare.
South Africa, on the other hand, has a well-balanced team. Furthermore, with their winning streak intact, expect them to win again on Friday and clinch the series.
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