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SA vs SL Today Match Prediction : South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in the second and last Test match in Johannesburg on Sunday, 3rd January onwards. South Africa clinched an impressive win in the first Test and now they will aim to clinch the series. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will look to bounce back to draw the series.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of South Africa as well as of Sri Lanka and will also make our SA vs SL Today Match Prediction
Strengths
South Africa’s strength is their batting line up of Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma and except de Kock all other batsmen scored good runs in the first Test especially du Plessis who smashed 199 runs and then in the bowling they have Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wiaan Mulder and Keshav Maharaj who were good in Centurion.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s strength is the attacking approach of their batting unit as the likes of Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka and Wanidu Hasaranga scored good runs at a quick rate and the likes of Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis too have capability to perform.
Weaknesses :
South Africa don’t have much weakness against an average side like Sri Lanka but without Kagiso Rabada their bowling attack has looked inexperienced and the likes of Anrich Nortje and Sipamla need to work on their line and length.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka is suffering from some injuries as Dinesh Chandimal, Dananjaya de Silva, Kasun Rajitha are injured and their bowling attack is very weak right now.
Here we are going to discuss both South Africa and Sri Lanka’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making SA vs SL Dream11 Team
South Africa is expected to continue with the same playing 11 who played in the last Test match. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will make some changes in the playing 11 as some of their players got injured in first Test.
SA vs SL Prediction, Playing 11
South Africa :
Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Temba Bavuma, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamla
Sri Lanka :
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Minod Bhanuka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dasun Shanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashitha Fernando, Dushamantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando
SA vs SL Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for SA vs SL Dream 11 Prediction teams
Faf du Plessis : He is in form of his life as he performed well in IPL, then in England T20I series and now scored 199 runs in the first Test.
Wiaan Mulder : The young all rounder impressed on his come back as he took 5 wickets and also scored 30 odd runs.
Dean Elgar : He is one of the best openers at present and in the first Test he played a good knock of 95 runs.
Dasun Shanka : The Sri Lankan all rounder had a good first Test in Centurion as he smashed a fifty and then also took couple of wickets.