SA vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction: World Cup Warm Up Match 7, Playing 11, Pitch Report, Dream 11 Prediction

South Africa will take on New Zealand in the warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World Cup. New Zeland chased down 345 in the opening warm-up game against Pakistan while South Africa’s match against Afghanistan was abandoned.. Both teams will be keen to get their combinations right.  This should be an exciting match.

When: 2 October, 2:00 PM IST

Where: Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

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Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Pitch Report

The surface here will be good for batting and plenty of runs can be expected. The average first innings score is 247. In the  previous ODI played here India scored 390/5. There is rain forecast and it might help the pacers early on.

South Africa Squad

Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi

• Temba Bavuma has returned home for personal reasons and will not be part of the warm up games.
• Aiden Markram is expected to captain the side in the absence of Bavuma.

Aiden Markram Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Batting Average	S/R
51	1459	3, 49, 7, 35*, 38*, 14	33	94

 

Lungi Ngidi Singh Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	Bowling Average	Economy
46	74	0/41, 0/49, 2/45, 0/35, 1/32	28.1	5.72

New Zealand Squad

Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Will Young, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee

• All the players are fit and available for selection.

Will Young Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Strike Rate	Batting Average
20	748	14, 111, 138, 7, 10	87	44

Trent Boult Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	Economy	Bowling Average
100	190	3/37, 2/25, 4/38, 4/40, 3/53	4.93	24

SA vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction

Wicket-keepers: Quinton de Kock, Conway

Batsmen: Will Young, Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen

All-rounder: Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell

Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ish Sodhi

Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Aiden Markram, Will Young

Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League:  Trent Boult, Lungi Ngidi

SA vs NZ Fantasy Tips

• Kane Williamson scored a 50 in the previous match after a long layoff and the Kiwi has a stellar record in this format.
• Quinton de Kock has scored 45, 11, 8 and 9 in his previous four ODI matches. However he can be backed to do well in this match given his ODI career record.
• Klassen is an aggressive batter and smashed 174 recently against Australia
• Sodhi was simply phenomenal in the recent series with Bangladesh where he picked up a five wicket haul in the second match. He would be keen on performing on the helping Indian soil
• Rabada has led the pace attack for South Africa and has scalped as many as 144 wickets in 92 matches. He can be handy with the bat as well.
• Daryl Mitchell has three hundreds in his previous 6 ODI matches and he will be a key pick for htis match.
• Phelukwayo will be batting lower down the order and is the sixth bowling option. Hence avoid him for this match.
• David Miller can be left out of the team if South Africa are chasing as the target might not be big enough for him to have an impact.
• The surface here has aided the batters quite a bit hence try to cover all the main all-rounders and batters.
• All the memebers from both the squads can be called upon during any time of the match as this is a warm up fixture.

Who will win South Africa vs New Zealand today match?

• South Africa are expected to win this match
• In head-to-head clashes in ODIs, New Zealand and South Africa have only played 71 matches. New Zealand has won 25 games while South Africa has won 41 matches. Interestingly, New Zealand and South Africa have not played much bilateral series with each other
• The last time these two sides met in an ODI was in 2019 WC where New Zeland emerged victorious by four wickets.