RSA vs NL 1st ODI Match Prediction

RSA vs NL Team Previews

South Africa

The South African team will be led by Temba Bavuma in the series and it will be under a lot of pressure to win the series. South Africa is the only major country from the ICC panel not to have yet qualified for the World Cup. They will need to register a 2-0 win in the series and so will need a good showing from their players. Bavuma will look to get his team members to play their natural game. Their opposition the Netherlands is not in good form though. This will work in favor of the proteas in the end.

The South African opening batters Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks have done a good job for South Africa in recent matches. The South African team will be hoping for another good start to the innings from these two. South Africans have a formidable middle order. They will be keen to get top performances from players such as Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, and Temba Bavuma. The responsibility of finishing the South African innings in grandeur lies with batters such as David Miller and the all-rounder Wayne Parnell.

The new ball for South Africa will be handled by Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi. They will work hard to put pressure on the Netherlands batters. If they can get early breakthroughs for South Africa, it will give their team an edge in the match. In the middle overs of the Netherlands innings, Anrich Nortje has a significant role to play. He will work with other bowlers such as Markram and Wayne Parnell to try and contain the middle order. Markram is the only spinner likely to play in the game for South Africa and will need to perform the support role well.  

Netherlands

The Netherlands team is being led by Scott Edwards in the series and they are up against a big challenge to upset the mighty South Africans in this series. They did win a match in Zimbabwe but they are not looking too good in the last couple of years. The Netherlands batters are not used to playing against quality bowling attacks such as this. Scott Edwards will look for a positive approach from his teammates to try and win the game. Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd have not done well as openers and they are struggling to lay a good foundation for the Netherlands middle order.

The Netherlands team will look for a good show from batters such as Tom Cooper, Musa Ahmed, and Wesley Barresi in their middle order. Teja Nidamanuru can hit the ball hard and will be looking to add some quick runs toward the end with Shariz Ahmed and the skipper Scott Edwards. As far as the bowling attack is concerned Paul van Meekeren and Fred Klaassen will be keen to provide early breakthroughs to their team and challenge the South African top order right up front at the start of the innings.

The Netherlands bowlers that will bowl in the middle overs for them are Vikramjit Singh and Roelof van der Merwe. They will need to bowl to a plan and tight line and length in the middle overs to contain the South African charge. The South African team management will also look for a good show from bowlers such as Shariz Ahmed and Nidamanuru. Roelof van der Merwe is an experienced bowler but he missed most of the international season last year. Last year Tom Cooper got back to the side after a gap of six years.