After a humiliating defeat in the 1st ODI, India will look to bounce back when they lock horns with South Africa in the penultimate match of the series on January 21 (Friday) at Boland Park in Paarl. The ongoing series is not a part of the ODI Super League, a qualification series for the ICC ODI World Cup.
India struggled in the series opener due to their faulty middle-order, who failed to consolidate on the good start by Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. The visitors will also like to find ways to pick up wickets in the middle overs and not concede too many runs to keep the game under their control.
On the other hand, South Africa will look to continue the same template with the bat when they take on India in the 2nd ODI. However, they will want to make amends to their death overs that conceded 60+ runs in the final 10 overs against India’s tail of Shardul Thakur and Jasprit Bumrah.
Match Details
Details: India vs South Africa, 2nd ODI
Venue: Boland Park, Paarl
Date and Time: January 21, 1:30 PM IST, 10:30 AM Local
Predicted Playing XI
India: Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav/Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar/Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi and Tabraiz Shamsi
India vs South Africa – Match Prediction
KL Rahul & Co were handed a shocking defeat in the 1st ODI by the hosts. South Africa will look to continue their winning momentum when India will be desperate to come all guns blazing and keep the ODI series alive.
The Men in Blues will have a little advantage going into the 2nd ODI and pull one back in the series.
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