West Indies vs South Africa – 3rd T20I Betting Tips

Host West Indies will be looking to get back to winning ways when they take on South Africa in the third game of the T20I series at National Cricket Stadium in Grenada on Tuesday.

West Indies will be looking to learn from their mistakes and deliver another clinical performance in this fixture. Captain Kieron Pollard will be hoping that premier players can come with better plans against South African spinners.

On the other hand, South Africa, who snapped their three-match losing streak in the T20 format after registering a hard-fought win over West Indies in the 2nd T20I. Temba Bavuma and co. will be hoping that the side can maintain their discipline with bat and ball.

West Indies Form and Team News

The home side might bring in Lendl Simmons in place of Nicholas Pooran, who struggled to deliver a decent score in the previous game. With Pooran expected to be dropped, Andre Fletcher might take the glovework for this contest.

Experienced players like Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, and Andre Russell struggled to score freely against the spinners in the middle-overs. The team management will be hoping that the home side can show positive intent against slow bowlers in this clash.

West Indies will be relying heavily on in-form openers Evin Lewis, Andre Fletcher, and all-rounder Kieron Pollard to deliver the bulk of the runs. In the previous game, Fletcher once again showed decent form and finished the innings with the top score of 35 runs off 36 balls with the help of two fours and one six.

Besides Fletcher, the likes of Fabian Allen, Evin Lewis, and Jason Holder produced scores of 34, 21, and 20 runs respectively.

In the bowling department, the side will be depending on the likes of Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, and Obed McCoy to pick up key wickets in this game.

Left-arm medium-pacer Obed McCoy was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies in the 2nd T20I and claimed 3 for 25 in his four overs. Off-spinner Kevin Sinclair had a strong outing with the ball for West Indies and finished with figures of 2 for 23 in his full quota of overs.

South Africa Form and Team News

Captain Skipper Temba Bavuma will be pleased with the side’s splendid performance in the second game to level the T20I series.

Opener Reeza Hendricks, who has scored 42 runs in the previous game against West Indies, is in fine form at the moment. He has the support of Quinton de Kock, who scored a fluent 26 runs to get the side off to a flying start.

Captain Temba Bavuma led from the front with the bat and finished the innings with a top score of 46 runs off 33 balls with the help of five boundaries and one six. Due to crucial contributions from Bavuma, Hendricks, and de Kock, South Africa managed to post a competitive score in the previous game.

The big concern for South Africa will be losing too many wickets in the latter stages of the innings. With David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, and Rassie van der Dussen perishing in quick succession, South Africa failed to increase their rate of scoring in the death overs of the innings.

Meanwhile, Left-arm orthodox spinner was the standout bowler for South Africa and claimed 2 for 17 in his four overs. Linde continues to impress with the ball in the T20 format. 

Premier pacer Kagiso Rabada made a strong comeback in this 2nd T20I and claimed three wickets in his four overs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, Host West Indies will be favorites to win the third game of the T20I series played at St Georges, Grenada. For the series decider, West Indies are placed at 1.63 odds, while South Africa at 2.23 odds.

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Our Tipsters Angle

With two T20I matches being played at Grenada, there is little to choose between the two teams. In the first match, poor bowling cost South Africa the result as Evin Lewis and co. cruised to a comfortable win.

In the second game, spinners put in a spectacular performance to register a close win over West Indies.

With the plethora of T20 superstars in their playing XI, West Indies will be keen to deliver their A-game with the bat in this third T20I.

However, looking at the overall strength of the teams, the prediction is for Kieron Pollard’s West Indies to win the third T20I at Grenada.

Tip 1- Obed McCoy’s decent form in the T20 format

After being recalled into the West Indies T20 squad earlier this year, pacer Obed McCoy has put in tidy performances for West Indies. The left-arm medium-pacer has done a decent job for West Indies in the T20 format and claimed seven wickets in five outings at an economy rate of 7.15.

Given his clinical bowling performance in the first two matches, we are backing Obed McCoy to take two wickets or [email protected]

Tip 2- Temba Bavuma to lead the charge for South Africa with the bat

The experienced middle-order made a strong statement with the bat and scored crucial innings of 46 runs to help South Africa post a competitive score on the board.

Surprisingly, Temba Bavuma has decent numbers for South Africa in the shortest format of the game. In 10 T20Is played for South Africa, Bavuma has accumulated 317 runs at an average of 35.22

Given his excellent contribution with the bat in the 2nd T20I, we expect Temba Bavuma to score 20 runs or more in this [email protected]

Conclusion

Expect West Indies to overcome South Africa in this third T20I and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

  1. Obed McCoy to take two wickets or more-West Indies @3.00.
  2. Temba Bavuma to score 20 runs or more in this contest- South [email protected]

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