SA vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction: Two teams that are struggling in Tests battle against each other on 26th December. In recent times, Sri Lanka have dominated South Africa and hence the hosts will look to change the tide. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will hope they can replicate the magic once again. So, let’s look at the SA vs SL Prediction.
Fixture: South Africa vs Sri Lanka; South Africa vs Sri Lanka Test series
When: 26 December, 01:30 PM IST
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
SA Team News: K Rabada is ruled out due to an injury while K Ngidi also has doubts over his fitness.
Playing combination: The pair of A Markram and D Elgar will open the innings with Faf du Plessis anchoring the innings in the middle order along with Rassie Dussen. A Nortje will spearhead pace attack with K Maharaj as the lead spinner.
SA Playing 11:
Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (capt. & wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Anrich Nortje, Keshav Maharaj, Glenton Stuurman, Lungi Ngidi
SL Team News: Oshada has been ruled out of this Test while there are questions over S Lakmal as has a hamstring niggle.
Playing combination: D Karunarathne will be the opener with K Perera. D Chandimal, K Mendis and D de Silva will bat in the middle order. L Embuldeiya and L Kumara will handle bowling responsibilities.
SL Playing 11:
Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara
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, D Elgar, D Karunaratne, D Chandimal
All-rounder: A Markram, D Pretorious,
Bowlers: K Maharaj, A Nortje, D Chameera
Captain and vice-captain:
A Markram has made 1424 runs in 20 Tests. He averages 38.48 and has made 4 hundreds and 6 fifties so far. He is in good form in first-class cricket with his last four scores being: 75, 113, 149, 121.
Faf du Plessis is the most experienced South African batter with 65 Tests. He has made 3901 runs and averages 39.80. He has also made 9 hundreds and 21 fifties.
Q de Kock has been very effective with the bat in the lower order. He has made 2934 runs in 47 Tests and averages 39.12. He has made 5 hundreds and 21 fifties as well.
R van der Dussen has had a good start to his Test career. He has made 3 fifties in 8 Test innings so far. He averages 34.25 and has 274 runs in 4 Tests.
As this is home game, South Africa will have the advantage in this game. So in the SA vs SL dream11 today match prediction, expect SA to win the game.