South Africa vs Pakistan – 3rd ODI Betting Tips

Host South Africa and Pakistan will face off in the third and final ODI of the series on Wednesday at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

The home side managed to register a hard-fought win over Pakistan in the second game of the series. With this result, South Africa managed to level the three-match series. Captain Temba Bavuma will be hoping that the side can bring their A-game to the table in the series finale.

On the other hand, Pakistan will take heart from the fact they put in another commendable effort with bat in the previous game. Captain Babar Azam will be hoping that the side can learn from their mistakes and produce their best cricket in this final game.

In the previous seven meetings at Centurion between the two teams, South Africa have registered four victories, while Pakistan have come out on three occasions.

South Africa Form and Team news: 

The home team registered a morale-boosting win over Pakistan at Johannesburg, courtesy excellent performances from Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, and Anrich Nortje.

The home team management might make changes to their playing XI for this game. Keshav Maharaj might come in place of Tabraiz Shamsi, who conceded a lot of runs in the previous game.

After a fantastic batting performance at Johannesburg, there are no major changes expected in the batting lineup for the series finale.

Therefore, the management will be banking on the likes of opener Quinton de Kock, Captain Temba Bavuma, the middle duo of Rassie van der Dussen and in-form David Miller to help South Africa post a mammoth score on the board.

On the bowling front, the side will be relying heavily on the pace trio of Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, and Lungi Ngidi to produce timely breakthroughs. In the 2nd ODI, Anrich Nortje bowled well and dismissed key players like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.

Pakistan Form and Team News: 

The visitors will be coming in this match extremely high-on-confidence after pushing South Africa close in the pink-ball ODI played at The Wanderers.

The team management will be very pleased with opener Fakhar Zaman, who produced a scintillating batting performance for Pakistan. Left-hander anchored the whole innings to take the game down to the wire. He smashed 193 runs off 155 balls with the help of eighteen boundaries and ten sixes. Besides Zaman, the rest of the batting order struggled and gave their wickets away at regular intervals.

After suffering from a narrow defeat on Sunday, the chances are that the team management might make one or two changes to their final XI.

In the batting department, the onus will be on the likes of the in-form opening duo of Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman, Captain Babar Azam to score the bulk of the runs and put pressure back on South Africa.

On the bowling front, a change might be on the cards where leg-spinner Usman Qadir might replace Shadab Khan, who hasn’t bowled well in this one-day series.

The team management will be hoping that the likes of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Mohammad Hasnain will be able to produce timely breakthroughs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, Pakistan will be favorites to win the third game of the ODI series to be played at Centurion. For the series finale, South Africa are 2.02 placed at odds, while Pakistan are placed at 1.75 odds.

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Our Tipsters Angle

The three-match ODI series has been closely contested with one with both sides winning one each apiece.

The home team will have an edge as they are playing in their home conditions. Temba Bavuma and co. will certainly be looking to put in a dominant performance in this series decider.

However, Pakistan will be pleased with their excellent batting performance in the previous two matches and will be looking to continue their momentum in this series finale.

The prediction is for South Africa to win the contest and seal the ODI series.

Tip 1: Temba Bavuma excellent record at Centurion

Newly-appointed captain, Temba Bavuma, really raised his game in the pink-ball ODI played at The Wanderers in Johannesburg. He produced well-timed innings of 92 runs off 102 balls with the help of nine boundaries to help South Africa post a mammoth score on the board.

Bavuma will take heart from the fact that he has delivered a decent performance in the one-day matches played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. In 4 matches played, Bavuma has accumulated 298 runs in 4 innings at an average of 74.50 with three half-centuries to his name.

Given his excellent performance in the previous game, so we are expecting Temba Bavuma to score 40 runs or [email protected].

Tip 2: Fakhar Zaman to continue his good form

Swashbuckling opener delivered one of the finest innings for Pakistan in the pink-ball ODI played against South Africa at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Left-hander produced majestic innings to help Pakistan take the game down to the wire.

Zaman smashed 193 runs off 155 balls with the help of eighteen boundaries and ten sixes. He fell seven runs short of his second double century in limited-overs cricket.

Against South Africa, Zaman has put in excellent performances in white-ball cricket. The 30-year old has accumulated 443 runs in nine outings at an average of 49.22 with one century and one half-century. After achieving an all-time high with the bat, we are expecting Fakhar Zaman to score 50 runs or [email protected].

Conclusion

Expect South Africa to beat Pakistan in the final game of the ODI series at Centurion

1. Temba Bavuma to score 40 runs or more-South [email protected]
2. Fakhar Zaman to score 50 runs or [email protected]

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