South Africa take on Pakistan in the second ODI of their series after the opening game went the way of the tourists. Get our latest expert South Africa vs Pakistan match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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South Africa vs Pakistan 1st ODI Information
- Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
- Date: Thursday, December 17
- Time: 2 pm local (12 pm GMT or 5.30 pm IST)
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What Have The Two Teams Done Recently?
South Africa
South Africa’s overall ODI record has been rather strong but in more recent times, they haven’t done as well as they would have liked.
They are coming off a series loss at the hands of Afghanistan and an ODI defeat to Ireland. And while one might say that those losses came on the slow and low pitches in UAE, it must be quickly added they had earlier also lost to India at home.
These results followed South Africa’s run to the semifinals of the 2023 World Cup.
And in the first game here, they lost to Pakistan in a closely fought encounter.
Pakistan
Pakistan enter this series having featured in Zimbabwe where they lost an ODI to the hosts. But that had followed a series in Australia, where under Mohammad Rizwan they managed to stun Australia to win the series 2-1.
That it came one year after they had last played an ODI made it even more special.
The last game Pakistan had played before the two aforementioned series was in the 2023 World Cup where they had failed to qualify for the semifinals.
Which is why an opening victory in the first ODI here was not just a surprise but also a rather needed one for the visitors.
South Africa vs Pakistan Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall South Africa vs Pakistan ODI Head-to-Head: There have been a total of 84 matches played between these two nations in this format of the game. Despite losing the opener, South Africa have a whopping 52-31 lead.
- At home, South Africa are 22-15 on head to head with Pakistan following the loss in the first game.
- Their most recent ODI before this series came last year in the 2023 World Cup with South Africa edging past Pakistan by one wicket. Aiden Markram had top-scored with 90 and Tabraiz Shamsi had picked up a four-fer.
South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Preview & Predictions with Latest Odds*
Not too many would have expected the result to go Pakistan’s way the way it did despite the visitors having done well in Australia in this very format.
For them to have first restricted South Africa to 239/9 and to then have chased it down in the final over with an unbeaten 33-run stand for the eighth wicket, was extremely well done.
It’s not like Pakistan have suddenly become world beaters, far from it.
What has definitely happened, however, is that the players have been taken to task and the cliques within the squad have been broken. This has resulted in the players knowing they could well be dropped if they didn’t perform – like has been the case with Babar, Afridi and Naseem.
South Africa will need to approach their batting in a much better way – it’s good to be aggressive but conditions need to be respected too.
Which is why one or two of them need to try and bat through the innings like was the case with Saim Ayub for Pakistan.
Still backing South Africa to grab a win and now with the odds having lengthened to 4/6 (from 3/8 last game), it makes even more sense to go with them.
South Africa vs Pakistan Match Winner
South Africa vs Pakistan Top Batsman
- Top South Africa Batter – Aiden Markram: 9/2 (sign up with Dafabet in India & bet365 in the UK & Australia)
- Top Pakistan Batter – Babar Azam: 7/2
South Africa vs Pakistan Top Bowler
- Top South Africa Bowler – Kagiso Rabada: 3/1 (sign up with 10Cric in India & bet365 in the UK & Australia)
- Top Pakistan Bowler – Shaheen Shah Afridi: 3/1
South Africa vs Pakistan Toss Prediction
- South Africa to win the toss: 10/11
South Africa vs Pakistan Other Predictions
- Team of Top Batter – South Africa: 4/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
South Africa vs Pakistan Squads
South Africa Squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Ottneil Baartman, Heinrich Klaasen, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen, Kwena Maphaka, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram, Kagiso Rabada, Andile Phehlukwayo, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique, Haris Rauf, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hasnain, Kamran Ghulam, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saim Ayub, Sufyan Moqim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan.
How to Watch South Africa vs Pakistan 1st ODI Live?
The second South Africa v Pakistan T20I will be broadcast on Sports18 Network on television in India while if you are looking to watch the game live streamed online, you can tune in to JioCinema website or app.
South Africa vs Pakistan Series Schedule
- 1st T20I: December 10 at Durban
- 2nd T20I: December 13 at Centurion
- 3rd T20I: December 14 at Johannesburg
- 1st ODI: December 17 at Paarl
- 2nd ODI: December 19 at Cape Town
- 3rd ODI: December 22 at Johannesburg
- 1st Test: December 26 at Centurion
- 2nd Test: January 3 at Cape Town
