IND vs RSA Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Oct 06, 2022
South Africa managed to end the T20 series on a high as it took full toll of an under-strength Indian team. Now, the action moves on to the ODI's where India is fielding its bench once again. All of India's players scheduled to play in the T20 World Cup have left for Australia.
South Africa does not have the luxury of doing that. It needs the points from this series to help guarantee automatic qualification for the ODI World Cup in 2023. This is probably why the cricket betting sites have South Africa as the slight favorites heading into this contest.
Match prediction and cricket betting tips for India vs South Africa 1st ODI 2022. The match will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on the 6th of October 2022.
IND vs RSA Team Previews
India
Shikhar Dhawan is captaining India's ODI team and he has some very solid players at his disposal. Dhawan himself will lead the batting lineup alongside Shubman Gill. Both players have had a lot of success in ODI cricket off late. Ruturaj Gaikwad is also in the lineup but he could be made to wait for his chance.
Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, and Rajat Patidar are the other batters we expect to see in the lineup.
Shahbaz Ahmed is the only all-rounder in the lineup and so he will almost certainly play at 7 unless Shardul Thakur is given that responsibility. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi could both get a chance to play alongside Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Kumar, and Mohammad Siraj.
India may be testing out its bench but make no mistake, this is not a weak team about to be pushed around.
India Playing 11
Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, SN Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan.
South Africa
South Africa has made a few changes to its team from the T20's but it is still fielding its first-choice players. That means the likes of Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, David Miller, Aiden Markram, and others will all be available for selection.
We will have to wait and see whether South Africa actually ends up playing its first-choice team for each match but even with a bit of rotation, the core will likely remain the same.
The advantage of experience is obvious and so is the quality in the bowling lineup. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, and Lungi Ngidi are all in the squad. We think Rabada and Nortje will be rotated with only one of them playing at a time.
Still, South Africa will believe that it has the lineup to beat an India side missing its biggest stars.
Among the batters, Reeza Hendricks and Janneman Malan should make their way into the playing eleven. Both of these batters are exceptional in quality and love to make big scores. Hendricks will definitely have a point to prove as well.
The big challenge for South Africa will be adapting to conditions. Once they do that, we think they will really fancy their chances here.
South Africa Playing 11
Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi.
IND vs RSA Toss Prediction
The team that wins the toss may be keen to bat first. There have been three ODI's played in Lucknow sob far and two of them have been won by the team that has batted first.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
The conditions in Lucknow are expected to be a bit slow and spin-friendly. The average score in the three matches played there is just 231. Also, the top-3 wicket-takers in ODI's played in Lucknow are Roston Chase, Mujeeb ur Rahman, and Hayden Walsh.
The sample size is a bit small but it looks like we are in for another relatively low-scoring match. Keeping the current scoring trends in mind as well as the quality of the two teams, something around 260-280 seems to be par.
IND vs RSA Betting Tips
We are going to bet on South Africa to win. The two teams are quite evenly matched but the fact is that South Africa has a lot more experience and proven quality going into this game. India's youngsters are probably among the best prepared in the world and ready for international cricket but it can take some time to just find your bearings.
A close match where South Africa comes through. Also, the odds being offered on a full-strengt South African team are just too attractive to pass up.
Bet on South Africa to win.
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This is a recommendation based on the strength of the South African bowling attack and also against the weakness of the Indian attack! We think whatever be the conditions, the South Africans have the talent to adjust and the likelihood they end up with the Top Bowler of the match is quite high.
Dhawan loves batting against South Africa and has been scoring runs for fun in the ODI format. He is someone who will match up quite well against the South African spinners as well.
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- The top batter of this contest to be from the West Indies. - 1.70 and 3 more PAKW vs WIW betting tips
- Litton Das to be top batter in the match - 3.30 and 4 more BAN vs ZIM betting tips
- Highest opening partnership - 2.10 and 2 more MI vs KKR betting tips
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