SA vs PAK (South Africa vs Pakistan), 1st T20I - Match Information
Match: South Africa vs Pakistan, 1st T20I
Date: 10th April 2021
Time: 06:00 PM IST
Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Match Officials: Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA), Allahudien Paleker (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA), Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
SA vs PAK, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 169 runs.
The pacers have earned 64% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
SA vs PAK, Head to Head
In the 17 matches played between these 2 teams, Pakistan have won 8 matches and South Africa have won 9 matches. Pakistan All-Rounders have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Batsmans have earned the most fantasy points for South Africa.
SA vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Babar Azam has scores of 77*, 5, 90* and 62 in his last 4 T20 matches
Mohammad Rizwan should be a must-have as he is in sensational form in the T20 format; he has scored at least 40 runs in each of his last 9 T20 matches (total 583 runs)
SA vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Usman Qadir has never been wicketless in a match in his 6 career T20I matches (total 12 wkts taken) and thus fantasy points are guranteed
Shaheen Afridi has taken 3/27, 2/29, 1/43 & 3/14 in his last 4 T20 matches and thus is an in-form pick
Tabraiz Shamsi is currently ranked no.1 in ICC Men's T20I Bowlers ranking; in the recent 3-match T20 series against Pakistan (Feb 2021) he had taken 6 wkts
SA vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Mohammad Hafeez is an in-form player as he has scores of 15, 60, 73*, 33* and 41 in his last 5 T20 matches
George Linde's runs scored/wkts taken read 22/0, 48*/4, 11/1, 37/2 & 1/1 in his last 5 T20 matches; thus fantasy points are guranteed with bat and ball
SA vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Mohammad Hafeez has an average of 57 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.79 and a low XFactor.
Babar Azam has an average of 48 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 9.41 and a medium XFactor.
Usman Qadir has an average of 60 match fantasy points in the last 6 games, a fantasy rating of 9.09 and a medium XFactor.
Mohammad Rizwan has an average of 52 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.93 and a high XFactor.
Andile Phehlukwayo has an average of 45 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.49 and a medium XFactor.
SA vs PAK Dream11 Fantasy Team Suggestion
Wicket-Keeper: M. Rizwan
Batters: B. Azam, H. Ali and J. Malan
All-Rounders: M. Hafeez and G. Linde
Bowlers: U. Qadir, S. Afridi, H. Rauf, T. Shamsi and B. Hendricks
Captain: M. Hafeez
Vice-Captain: B. Azam
SA vs PAK (South Africa vs Pakistan), 1st T20I Preview
1st T20I of the Pakistan in South Africa, 4 T20I Series, 2021 has South Africa taking on Pakistan. The match will be played at the The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
In their last 5 games, Pakistan have won 3 games and lost 2. In their last 5 games, South Africa have won 1 games and lost 4.
Both teams last played against each other in the 3rd T20I of the South Africa in Pakistan, 3 T20I Series, 2021 where David Miller scored the highest fantasy points for South Africa with 132 match fantasy points while Hasan Ali topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Pakistan with 79 match fantasy points.