Who Will Win 1st ODI South Africa v Sri Lanka at Port Elizabeth on Jan 28, 2017  ? Here is an SL vs Africa Jackpot match tips of today match. This is a 5 One Day match series which Sri Lanka will play with Africa in the home ground of Africa .

South Africa

Team News

AB de Villiers will be captaining the team and Chris Morris will be returning to the team after recovering from an injury. Lungi Ngidi has been included in the ODI squad for the first time.

Key Players

AB de Villiers is returning to the ODI format after a while and will hopefully exhibit the magic he is known for. David Miller and Farhaan Behardien are expected to give an equal support in scoring runs. South Africa have a lot of big names in the batting side and will have to live up to the expectation. New addition Lungi Ngidi impressed the team with his bowling performance in the T20 matches and will be expected to continue his form. Imran Tahir and Wayne Parnell have given commendable performances in the previous matches and are likely to give a hard time to the Sri Lankan batsmen in this series as well.

Recent Form

South Africa have been playing well against Sri Lanka, and made a cleansweep in the test series, but lost the T20 series by 2-1. The home conditions have been favouring the team and the return of AB de Villiers as the captain will surely boost up the team’s performance.

South Africa Predicted XI

AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi, Chris Morris.

Sri Lanka

Team News

Upul Tharanga will be the captain for the Sri Lankan side in the ODI series. Lahiru Madushanka and Sandun Weerakkody have been called up for the ODI series and it will be their first match. Nuwan Pradeep and Danushka Gunathilaka have returned home due to injuries.

Key Players

Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, and Upul Tharanga have given decent batting performances up till now and will be good for the team’s morale if they put up good scores in this match. The batting side has been rather weak on this tour and need to raise their game in order to win more matches. The bowling side has been performing quite better in comparison to the batting side. The team has picked good bowlers based on previous performances, like Nuwan Kulasekara, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana and Suranga Lakmal who have bowled well and taken a lot of important wickets on this tour and will be the key players to fight the South African team.

Recent Form

Sri Lanka was low on hope after losing the test series but made a good comeback by winning 2 T20 matches and clinching the series. They have a good squad for the ODI matches and are expected to give a tough fight to South Africa.

Sri Lanka Predicted XI

Upul Tharanga (c), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana, Lahiru Madushanka, Sandun Weerakkody.

Our Prediction

South Africa

Will Win the Match

Sri Lanka

Will Win the Toss