SA vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction: A stellar win in the first Test has boosted the confidence of South Africa and hence the hosts will be eagerly looking forward to the second Test against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Sri Lanka is plagued with injuries and will be hoping that they can assemble a decent playing XI for this match. The match presents a great opportunity for South Africa to dominate their opponents and win a crucial Test series. However, this is exactly what makes Sri Lanka dangerous because they bring out their best when everyone discards them, remember Kusal Perera’s 153? So, let’s look at the SA vs SL Prediction.
Fixture: South Africa vs Sri Lanka; South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test series
When: 3 January; 01:30 PM IST
Venue: Wanderers stadium, Johannesberg
SA Team News: K Rabada is still out due to injury while Raynard van Tonder and G Sturman are also ruled out due to injuries.
Playing combination: The pair of A Markram and D Elgar will open the innings with Faf du Plessis being the engine of this batting unit along with Q de Kock. The likes of Rassie Dussen and T Bavuma will bat around these two. A Nortje will spearhead pace attack with L Ngidi while K Maharaj will lead the spin attack.
SA Playing 11:
Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (capt. & wk), W Mulder, Anrich Nortje, Keshav Maharaj, , Lungi Ngidi. L Sipamla
SL Team News: Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Oshada Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal have been ruled out of the match due to injuries. Legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga, and seamer Suranga Lakmal are also in doubt as they are yet to recover from their injuries.
Playing combination: D Karunarathne will be the opener. K Perera will be his batting partner. L Thirmianne and N Dickwella will bolster the batting order. W Hasaranga and V Fernando will be the key bowlers.
SL Playing 11:
Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Minod Bhanuka, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan Dickwella, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando
In SA vs SL Dream11 prediction, SA will look at Faf du Plessis and Q de Kock to get the runs while openers D Elgar and A Markram will be crucial too. The team will bank on A Nortje to get the wickets. Sri Lanka on the other hand, rely on D Karunaratne and K Mendis for the runs and L Kumara will be the main bowling weapon.
SA vs SL Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: Q de Kock, K Perera
Batsmen: F du Plessis, T Bavuma, D Elgar, D Karunaratne, L Thirimanne
All-rounder: A Markram,
Bowlers: K Maharaj, A Nortje, V Fernando
Captain and vice-captain:
Faf du Plessis made his best Test score in the last match as he made 199 runs. Against a depleted bowling attack, expect him to pile up more runs in this match.
A Markram looked in solid touch in the last game. He made 68 runs in the first innings. He averages 39.26 in 21 Tests and has made 1492 runs.
L Ngidi will have a great chance to pick wickets in this match as the pitch supports his style of bowling. He claimed 3 wickets in the last Test.
A Nortje picked 3 wickets in the last Test. Expect his express pace to claim more wickets in this Test. He has 22 wickets in 7 Tests so far.
An injury-prone SL will have big difficulty to challenge SA. The pitch will be bouncy and will have good pace. So that will trouble SL more. So in the SA vs SL dream11 today match prediction, expect SA to win the game.