SA vs ENG Dream11 Team Prediction: Cricket resumes for South Africa after the pandemic hit the world and they take on England in T20I format. Players from both teams have featured in the IPL so they have plenty of match practice and hence expect this series to be exciting one. So, let’s look at the SA vs ENG Prediction.
Fixture: South Africa vs England; South Africa vs England T20I series
When: 27 November, 09:30 PM IST
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Head to Head:
Total games: 19
SA: -9
ENG: – 8
NR: 2
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SA Team News: No news of injuries
Playing combination: Quinton de Kock will open the innings with R Hendricks. Faf du Plessis will be the anchor batting at number 4. David Miller will be the finisher along with A Phehlukway who will also be the fifth bowler for the team. L Ngidi, A Nortje, and K Rabada will be the key bowlers.
SA Playing 11:
Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada and Tabraiz Shamsi
ENG Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: No injury news.
Playing combination: There is plenty to think about England’s opening pair as there are at least 5 players battling for two slots. However expect them to go with J Bairstow and J Roy with J Buttler as the finisher and B Stokes batting at 4 or 5. E Morgan and D Malan will complete the middle order while J Archer, M Wood and C Jordan will be the strike bowlers.
ENG Playing 11:
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (C), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (WK), Moeen Ali, S Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid
In SA vs ENG Dream11 prediction, England will bank of J Roy and J Bairstow to get the big runs while E Morgan and J Buttler will provide the flourish. Archer and Rashid will be the key wicket-takers while B Stokes in the X factor in both departments. For South Africa, form of Quinton de Kock is critical while du Plessis is their main batter. The duo of K Rabada and A Nortje will be key bowlers.
SA vs ENG Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: de Kock, J Buttler
Batsmen: F du Plessis, J Roy, E Morgan
All-rounder: S Curran, B Stokes
Bowlers: Nortje, Rabada J Archer, Rashid
Captain and vice-captain:
J Archer was in the league of his own in the recent IPL and he is expected to bring the same form in this match too. Archer has featured in 112 T20s and has taken 144 wickets at a strike rate of 17.2. He is also a handy batsman and has a strike rate of 146.55 in T20s and a batting average of 17.16.
Q de Kock was in the terrific form before the pandemic hit and he was very effective in the IPL too. He has featured in 200 T20 games and has scored 6013 runs at an average of 33.59 and has a strike-rate of 138.67.
Faf du Plessis is a quality batter and is in very good form. So expect him to score big runs in this game. He has 5738 runs in T20 cricket and averages 29.73. He strikes at 127.90 and has scored 35 fifties and 1 hundred.
A Rashid may go for runs in T20 game but he is an aggressive bowler which means he ends up with crucial wickets. He is a smart pick in the team as he can force South African batters to play false strokes and can trap them. He has 199 wickets in 176 T20s and has a strike rate of 18.0.
England are a terrific team with a very long batting line-up and a versatile bowling attack. So they are the favorites in this. So in the SA vs ENG Dream11 today match prediction, expect England to win the game.