South Africa vs Pakistan Betting Tips

13:17, 30 Mar 2021

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13:17, 30 Mar 2021

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SuperSport Park in Centurion will serve as the host for the first of three ODI matches between South Africa and Pakistan. The South African side are the favorites to win the match and the series at home. But Pakistan are coming off two series wins over the same South African side. A cracker of a series is on the cards when these two heavyweights go head to head.

Teams Status

South Africa are on the back of a brilliant ODI series sweep against Australia at home back in 2020. Just before this series South Africa traveled to Pakistan and played the Test and the T20I series. Unfortunately, South Africa lost the Test series 2-0 and the T20I series 2-1. They beat Sri Lanka in a two-match test series at home quite comprehensively. In the last eight ODI series that South Africa has played, they have won six series and lost just one series against India. They have won 21 matches and have lost just 11 matches in their last eight series. In the last series against Australia, their keeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen was the leading run-getter in the series with 242 runs in just three matches at an average of 242.00 as he remained not out in two of those innings. He hit two half-centuries and one massive hundred including the highest score of 123*. Janneman Malan also chipped in with 152 runs at an average of 76.00. In the bowling department, Lungi Ngidi was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up nine wickets in just two matches including a best of 6/58. He was well supported by Anrich Norje, who picked up six wickets.

Pakistan on the other hand are on the back of a 2-1 series win against Zimbabwe at home in 2020. Pakistan clean swept the touring South African side. First, they beat them in the test series quite comfortably and then went on to beat them in the T20I series. They played New Zealand in their previous away series. There they lost the T20I series 2-1 and then were whitewashed by the brilliant New Zealand side in the test series. In the last eight ODI series, Pakistan have won just two series, lost five series and the other one was abandoned. They have won 12 matches and lost 19 matches in the last eight series that they played. In their last series against Zimbabwe, Babar Azam was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan with 221 runs in three matches at an average of 110.5. He hit one century and one half-century including the highest score of 125 runs. The second best scorer for Pakistan was Imam-ul-Haq with just 111 runs at an average of 37.00. Despite the fact that he played just one match, Mohammad Hasnain was the leading wicket-taker for Pakistan with five wickets. Even Iftikhar Ahmed chipped in with five wickets.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Home team name	Away team name
	1.52	2.35
	1.57	2.42
	1.55	2.37

According to the Betway sportsbook, South Africa are the favorites to win the match and are placed at 1.55. While Pakistan is placed at 2.37. South Africa are placed at 1.57 odds at the Dafabet sportsbook and Pakistan are placed at 2.42 odds. Even South Africa are the favorites to win the match at 1.52 according to the 10Cric sportsbook. While the underdogs Pakistan are placed at 2.35 odds.

Tipster’s Angel

This is expected to be a cracker of a contest in the context of the ICC World Cup Super League. South Africa will be looking to open their account from the first match itself. While Pakistan will be looking to make it to the top half of the table with a win here.

Tip: South Africa To Win @ 1.57

Despite the fact that South Africa lost the Test and the T20I series when they toured, they are in better form compared to the ODI matches. In the last five head to head matches, South Africa has won three matches and Pakistan has won the remaining two matches. Even in the last five matches that South Africa hosted, they have won three and lost just two matches. In the last six matches, South Africa has won four matches, lost just one and the other match was abandoned. They are coming to this series on the back of a clean sweep of Australia in the three-match ODI series. In the last six matches that Pakistan has played, they have won four, lost one and the other one was abandoned. In the last away series that Pakistan has played, they were clean swept by England. So, it is most likely that South Africa will emerge victorious at 1.57 odds available at the Dafabet sportsbook.

Tip: Any Player To Score A 100 – Yes @ 1.67

In the last series that these two teams have played, only two centuries were scored. But most of those matches were rain-affected. Both the teams are in good scoring form recently which is evident from the recent series that they have played. In the last series that South Africa played against Australia, three centuries were scored in three matches. For South Africa, Heinrich Klaasen and Janneman Malan scored centuries in the series against Australia. In the last series that Pakistan had played against Zimbabwe, three centuries were scored there as well in just three matches. In that series, Babar Azam scored a massive century in the third ODI. With the likes of Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Janneman Malan, Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq, we can expect atleast one century. So, it is very likely that any player will score a century at 1.67 odds available at the Dafabet sportsbook.

Conclusion

South Africa will be eying for revenge for the loss in the Test and the ODI series against Pakistan. Similar to the previous head to head series, South Africa is more likely to win the series. But Pakistan is no pushover, they are expected to give a good fight against this good South African side.