Match Details
Date: October 7, Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm IST
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
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The fourth fixture of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 will see South Africa lock horns with Sri Lanka in the second match of the October 7 doubleheader. South Africa are coming on the back of a 3-2 win over Australia in a five-match series. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has had a successful Asia Cup 2023 campaign until the finale. The Dasun Shanaka-led boys made it to the top two of the continental tournaments but lost to India.
In their respective warm-up matches before the onset of the biggest ICC event, Sri Lanka, unfortunately, didn’t perform up to the mark and lost both matches. On the flip side, while their first warm-up match got abandoned due to bad weather conditions, South Africa lost their second fixture and played against New Zealand.
Toss Prediction
The ODI rivalry between South Africa and Sri Lanka has seen 80 encounters, originating back to 1992. If we analyse the last three matches that these teams have locked horns in, the Lions lead the toss tally 3-2. This shows that the Lankan captain has been favoured more over their counterparts. With this, we think luck will favour Temba Bavuma, and he will win the toss to level the tally 3-3.
Win Possibility
As mentioned, South Africa and Sri Lanka have locked horns in 80 ODI games. Out of these 80 games, the former emerged victorious on 45 occasions, while Sri Lanka gained the lead in 33 fixtures. The 1996 World Champions have some of the best wonderful innings off late. However, one cannot ignore the fact that Proteas are a stronger team, especially over their Asian rivals. Hence, we think they will win Saturday's season opener of the 2023 World Cup.
Predicted Powerplay Score and Average First Inning Score
The Arun Jaitley Stadium in the capital city of India will host a total of five matches in the ongoing season of the ODI World Cup. Looking back at the past matches, a total of 28 50-over matches have been played at the venue so far, with an average first-inning score of 230 and powerplay of 40.1.
Considering this, we think the first-inning score in the South Africa vs Sri Lanka match would be between 220-240, while the powerplay score is expected to hover between 38-45.
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