The first of three one day internationals between South Africa and India takes place at Boland Park, Paarl on Wednesday and we take a look at the squads, recent form and the all important betting markets.
The Proteas came from behind to win the 3 match test series 2-1 and Virat Kohli subsequently quit as skipper of the Indian test squad. We now have 3 ODI's to look forward to with Paarl hosting the first 2 and the final match of India's tour takes place at Newlands on Sunday.
Let's begin with the squads.
The Proteas are skippered by Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock, who quit test cricket recently, is part of the squad.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Keshav Maharaj (vice-captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Zubayr Hamza, Marco Jansen, Janneman Malan, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne
Rohit Sharma is absent out for India and KL Rahul will skipper the following squad.
India -KL Rahul (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Y Chahal, R Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj
Recent Form
South Africa
South Africa were due to host the Netherlands in November but the tour was cancelled and their most recent ODI action came when a team which was short of full strength went down 2-1 in Sri Lanka September 2021.
Prior to that the Proteas drew 1-1 in Ireland in July and in April South Africa hosted Pakistan and they lost a 3 match series 2-1.
India
India haven't played in this format since July last year when they won 2-1 in Sri Lanka and in March last year they were 2-1 winners at home to England.
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Head to Head
Overall the teams have met 84 times with South Africa winning 46, India have won 35 and there have been 3 no results
In the World Cup in June 2019 India won a pool stage match in Southampton by 6 wickets
India toured South Africa in February 2018 and they won a 6 match series 5-1
Boland Park, Paarl
Over the course of the last decade the Proteas have won 3 and lost 1 of 4 ODI's at this venue.
The most recent match came in February 2020 against Australia and the Proteas, defending 291, won it by 74 runs.
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The Betting - 1st ODI
At the time of writing South Africa are 27/20 to win the match and India are 4/7
Quinton de Kock is 11/4 to top score for the Proteas and Virat Kohli and Lokesh Rahul are both 13/5 to do likewise for India.
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
On the back of the test series win I can see South Africa being competitive and Paarl is Shamsi territory who is my pick to be top SA bowler.
Temba Bavuma made some very useful contributions with the bat in the test series and with his confidence high he is taken to top score for the hosts.
India look a little short to me given such a long absence from this format. The Proteas are also short of a 50 over outing and I'm going to take a speculative nibble at over 1.5 total run outs at what looks a decent enough price.
Bets: Top SA Wicket Taker Shamsi at 3/1
Top SA Run Scorer Temba Bavuma at 7/2
Total run outs over 1.5 at 3/1
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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