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December 12 2024, 16:29 · Alex Sarwar

South Africa vs Pakistan Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2nd T20 International

South Africa vs Pakistan Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2nd T20 International

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Pakistan’s batting largely fell flat on Tuesday to give South Africa a series lead heading into this next match at in Centurion.

Date/Time: Friday December 13th 2024: US PST – 8:00am / US EST – 11:00am / UK – 4:00pm

Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa

Weather: Cloudy with a potential brief shower in the afternoon, but hot conditions still

How To Watch On TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Willow TV 

How To Watch Online: UK – Sky Go / US – Willow TV

South Africa Form: Spin to win in Durban

South Africa would’ve been relatively happy with scoring 183/9 after batting first in the opening match of this series. But after letting Pakistan get off to a good start, things weren’t looking good for the Proteas. Enter George Linde, whose spin-bowling led to a Pakistan collapse, Linde racking up four wickets as South Africa strangled Pakistan into submission, winning by 11 runs.

LAST THREE: WLL

Pakistan Form: Consecutive defeats for tourists

After losing the final T20i they played against Zimbabwe, albeit with nothing at stake, Pakistan coming out second best again, this time with a much stronger squad will frustrate the tourists. After finding themselves 75/2 in the tenth over, they were in a promising position. But wickets then fell at a rapid rate and Rizwan was left propping up a blown chase. In the end, only three Pakistan players reached double figures, four if you count extras!

LAST THREE: LLW

South Africa Betting Analysis

We advised bettors to focus on Heinrich Klaasen’s six-hitting abilities in the first T20i when it came to potential investments and the stand-in skipper did clear the ropes once. But David Miller stole the show with a violent 82 batting at number four, a knock which included eight maximums. Like Klaasen, Miller’s currency comes from hitting boundaries and a stake on him, as well as Klaasen to finish with the most 6s across South Africa’s innings here would be a shrewd option. 

Pakistan Betting Analysis

Pakistan captain Rizwan was fantastic last time out and deserved to be on the winning side. He didn’t let bettors down with a superb 74 from 62 balls, carrying the Pakistan innings with the second-highest scorer recording just 31. Continuing to invest in Rizwan still carries value when considering his quality in this format of the game and a stake on him to register 30+ runs in Centurion via the ‘Batter Milestones’ market has to be favoured.

South Africa vs Pakistan Expert Prediction

Pakistan really should bat better as a collective unit this time around and not collapse like they did. But once again, all doesn’t feel totally right within their camp amid more potential coaching upheaval behind the scenes. South Africa are playing with freedom, confidence and even without the injured Anrich Nortje, showed excellent mettle with the ball. Back them to double their series lead in this one.

South Africa vs Pakistan Tip: South Africa to win