South Africa vs West Indies – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Betting Tips

South Africa and West Indies will lock horns in the 18th match of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

In their opening fixture, South Africa suffered narrow defeat at the hands of Australia. South Africa Skipper Temba Bavuma will be hoping that the side can learn from their mistakes and put in an improved batting performance against West Indies.

On the other hand, West Indies delivered an abject batting performance in their previous match against England. Defending Champions West Indies will be looking to make a strong statement with the bat against South Africa.

In their previous T20 World matches, South Africa have come out on top on two occasions. In the 2016 T20 World Cup, West Indies registered a comfortable win over South Africa.

South Africa Form and Team News

The side might make one change to their playing as Bjorn Fortuin come in place of Dwaine Pretorius for this game.

In the batting department, the onus will be on the likes of Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen.

In the previous match, the likes of Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen perished for a low score.

In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi and Bjorn Fortuin to deliver crucial breakthroughs.

West Indies Form and Team News

Roston Chase, Hayden Walsh Jr. and Andre Fletcher could in place of Ravi Rampaul, Shimron Hetymer and Lendl Simmons for this game.

In the batting department, the onus will be on the likes of Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell to deliver the bulk of the runs.

In the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of Hayden Walsh Jr, Obed McCoy, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein and Andre Russell to deliver crucial breakthroughs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, South Africa will be favorites to win the 18th game of the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. For this 18th T20 World Cup game, South Africa are placed at 1.87 odds, while West Indies placed at 1.87 odds

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Our Tipster Angle

Based on current form, South Africa will be slight favorites to win their game against West Indies

With likes of Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen and Anrich Nortje putting in excellent performances in the previous game, the team management will be hoping that the side can raise their game with the bat against West Indies.

On the other hand, West Indies have to come up with something special to upstage South Africa.

Therefore, the prediction is for South Africa to register a comprehensive win over West Indies.

Tip 1- Aiden Makram to continue his merry ways with the bat 

In the opening fixture against Australia, Aiden Markram was the star of the show with the bat and scored 40 runs off 36 balls with the help of three fours and one six. Since October 2020, Makram has been a consistent performer in the T20 format. In 14 matches played, Markram 448 runs at an average of 40.72 with four half-centuries to his name. So we expect Aiden Markram to score 20 runs or more against West [email protected]

Tip 2- Chris Gayle look to break his run-drought in the T20 format

Veteran batsman has not been in the best of form in the T20 format for West Indies. Since October 2020, Left-hander has accumulated 240 runs in 17 innings at an average of 17.14 with one half-century to his name. Given his excellent numbers in the T20 format, we can expect Chris Gayle to score 15 runs or more against South [email protected]

Conclusion

Expect South Africa to register a thumping win over West Indies at Dubai.

1. Aiden Markram to score 20 runs or more against West Indies- South [email protected]
2. Chris Gayle to score 15 runs or more against South Africa- West [email protected]

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