Australia vs South Africa, T20I, Match Prediction

South Africa’s short tour down under will finish with the one-off T20I on Saturday. The Carrara Oval, Queensland will host a cricket match for the first time. Primarily, this venue is used for Australian Rules Football. So, it will be interesting to see how the pitch plays for cricket. Keep reading to find out the Australia vs South Africa T20I Match Prediction.

The visitors were terrific in the recently concluded ODI series. Barring the 2nd ODI in which they lost a close encounter, Faf du Plessis and his men were dominant. The Proteas won the series 2-1 and carry the momentum with them. Also, in the only T20, they start as favorites.

Australians have had a poor run in international cricket across all formats. Also, the absence of key players has hurt them. However, the change of formats now brings a change of faces. It remains to be seen whether the change results in the change in fortunes or not.

Here is our Australia vs South Africa T20I Match Prediction

Case1: If Australia bats first

First Innings score prediction: 150-160

Result prediction: South Africa will win the match by 4 wickets

Case2: If South Africa bats first

First Innings score prediction: 170-180

Result prediction: South Africa will win the match by 10-20 runs

 

Head to head in T20Is

Total ODIs: 18, Australia won: 11, South Africa won: 6, No Result: 1

 

Predicted XIs

Australia

Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake, Adam Zampa

South Africa

Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis (c), Heinrich KlaasenDavid Miller, Chris Morris, Dwaine Pretorius, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

 

Australia vs South Africa T20I Match Prediction: South Africa has the momentum after winning the ODI series. The hosts have had a poor run in international cricket of late, hence makes the visitors the favorites.

 

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