SA vs AUS Dream11 Match Prediction | 1st T20I | Team News

SA vs AUS | 1st T20I

SA vs AUS Dream11 Match Prediction: After a breathtaking T20I series against England at home, the Proteas will now host the mighty Aussies in 3-T20Is and 3 ODIs series starting from February 21st.

This match will take place at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The series will also mark the return of some familiar names who missed the series against England.

As far as the visitors are concerned, they are fuming with an outstanding form recently in the shortest format of the game. They have won all their home series in the T20Is recently, but the away test awaits in the form of Proteas. How well the two teams fare up in this contest? We will get to know tomorrow.

The clash will take place at The Wanderers, Johannesburg, at 09:30 PM IST on 21st February.

Here is the Dream11 prediction for SA vs AUS.

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Last two result at this venue

Mar 24, 2019: South Africa 198/2 (20 Overs) defeated Sri Lanka 137/10 (15.4 Overs) by 45 runs.

Feb 03, 2019: South Africa 188/3 (20 Overs) defeated Pakistan 181/7 (20 Overs) by 7 runs.

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Head to Head (Last 5 games)

Australia won: 03
South Africa won: 02
No result: 00

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SA vs AUS Team News

Australia Team News

Unavailable:

• Glenn Maxwell (injured)

Replacement:

• D’Arcy Short

Possible combination:

• David Warner and skipper Aaron Finch will open the innings for the visitors.
• Steven Smith, Matthew Wade and Alex Carey are expected to follow the openers.
• Among the bowlers, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa will be the sure starters.

Probable Playing11:
David Warner, Aaron Finch, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Alex Carey, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar/D’ Arcy Short.

 

South Africa Team News

Unavailability:

• Temba Bavuma (Hamstring)

Replacements:

• No replacement named

Possible combination:

• With Temba Bavuma unavailable, the new skipper Quintin de Kock will be opening the innings alongside the former skipper Faf du Plessis.
• Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller and one between JJ Smuts or Heinrich Klaasen will form the middle order.
• Andile Phehlukwayo and Dwaine Pretorius will be the two all-rounders to start.
• The returning Dale Steyn and Kagiso Rabada will manage the bowling workload along with Lungi Ngidi.

Probable Playing11:
Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, JJ Smuts/Heinrich Klaasen, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi.

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AUS Squad
Aaron Finch (c), Pat Cummins, Mitch Marsh, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Steve Smith, Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade.

SA Squad
Quinton de Kock (c/wk), Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Pite van Biljon, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jon-Jon Smuts, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje, Dale Steyn, Heinrich Klaasen

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Fantasy picks from Australia:

• Aaron Finch: The skipper has scored 207 runs from his last 6 T20I innings at a blisterring average of 51.75.
• David Warner: The swashbuckling left-hander is in an outrageous form. He has got scores of 100*, 60*, 57*, 2*, 20 and 48* from his last 6 T20I innings averaging humongous around 287.
• Mitchell Starc: 39 wickets from 28 T20Is.

Fantasy picks from South Africa:

• Quinton de Kock: Proteas skipper has been in a terrific touch recently. He has scored 262 runs from his last 5 T20I innings.
• David Miller: The stylish left-hander has managed 1381 runs from 65 innings in T20Is striking at 140.20.
• Kagiso Rabada: 28 wickets from 21 T20Is.

 

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Who will win Today match: We are backing South Africa to win this contest.