Published on: Oct 25, 2021 3:30 pm IST|Updated on: Oct 25, 2021 5:06 pm IST
SA vs WI Dream11 Prediction: In the 18th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, South Africa will be taking on West Indies at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 26 October. Both these teams have already played one match each in the ongoing edition of the tournament and have a fair idea on how to approach things.
Both these teams are coming into this game very much low on confidence after losing in their previous outings. South Africa conceded a disappointing 5-wicket loss at the hands of Australia in their opening match in this ICC T20 World Cup 2021. On the other hand, defending champions West Indies started off their title defense in a horrendous manner as they suffered a pretty one-sided 6-wicket defeat against England.
West Indies are placed at the 9th spot in the ICC T20I Rankings with 234 rating and 6792 points. On the other hand, South Africa occupies the 5th position with a total of 7489 points. In the 15 T20I matches played between these two sides, South Africa have always dominated with as many as 9 wins while West Indies have emerged victorious on 6 occasions.
Fixture Name: Match 18, South Africa vs West Indies
Competition: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021
Date: 26 October
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Ground: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Pitch Report: The pitch and the conditions at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium are once again expected to be dry and slow. The spinners have extracted great amount of turn from this track and it will behave similarly in this match as well. There will be some amount of dew in the second innings as it is a afternoon game. However, bowling first will be a safe option after winning the toss. The average first innings total will once again remain around the 150-160 mark.
It will be a calculative move to pick a mixed combination of West Indies and South Africa players in your respective dream fantasy cricket teams. Since it is the starting stages of the T20 World Cup, it will be a good decision to include more of batters to increase the chances of winning big contests. The likes of Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock and Tabraiz Shamsi remain the must pick players for this exciting contest.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Quinton de Kock BATTERS: Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer ALL-ROUNDERS: Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard BOWLERS: Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Akeal Hosein
South Africa will definitely have the upper hand in this exciting contest against West Indies. The Temba Bavuma-led South African side have a pretty balanced side of some really good batters and bowlers with which they almost got the better of Australia in a low-scoring encounter. On the other hand, defending champions West Indies will be eyeing to put up an improved performance in this match and they will be a fearless side once again.
The South African side will want to come up with a better effort both with the bat and ball as they have performed in the last few T20I games. The duo of Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram have performed really well in the opening department and they will have the support of Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller and Temba Bavuma. In the bowling department, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will once again be crucial with the ball.
Related: Liton Das Fight Lahiru Kumara in T20 World Cup 2021 – WATCH
South Africa’s experienced wicket-keeper batter Quinton de Kock will be an important player to watch out for in this game for his side. Although, he did not have the best of performances in the first match against Australia, but the left-hander scored back-to-back half-centuries in the previous T20I series in Sri Lanka. Quinton de Kock has smashed a total of 1765 runs having represented South Africa in 58 T20I matches at a strike-rate of 135.66.
The No.1 bowler in the ICC T20I Rankings, Tabraiz Shamsi bowled well against Australia where he also took the important wicket of Glenn Maxwell having conceded just 22 runs. He also showed his class in the second T20I match against Sri Lanka registering excellent figures of 3 for 20 in his quota of four overs. He was also economical with the ball in the first match and picked a scalp as well. He has been a consistent wicket-taker for South Africa in the shortest form of the game.
SA Playing 11 (likely) Quinton de Kock Temba Bavuma Aiden Markram Rassie van der Dussen David Miller Heinrich Klaasen Dwaine Pretorius Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Anrich Nortje
Related: Aiden Markram’s Fantastic Catch to dismiss Steve Smith – WATCH
West Indies will be aiming to gain some important confidence both with the bat and ball after that disappointing loss against England. The likes of Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer and Kieron Pollard will have to take the responsibility in the batting department and they will be looking to be amongst the runs on consistent basis. On the other hand, Dwayne Bravo, Hayden Walsh, Ravi Rampaul and Akeal Hosein will have to play an important role with the ball.
West Indies’ swashbuckling opener Evin Lewis had a brilliant performance both in the Indian Premier League 2021 season and Caribbean Premier League. The left-handed batter has an excellent record in the shortest format of the game. Lewis has smacked more than 1300 runs while playing in a total of 46 T20Is at an amazing strike-rate of 157.81. He has also scored 9 half-centuries and 2 hundreds with a highest score of 125.
For West Indies, all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is quite an experienced campaigner in the shortest format of the game. He is still the leading wicket-taker in the history of the T20 format having picked up more than 550 wickets. Bravo has taken as many as 76 wickets from 87 T20I games at an impressive economy of 8.09. The right-arm pacer has the ability to keep control on the scoring-rate in the middle-overs and picking regular wickets at the death.
WI Playing 11 (likely) Evin Lewis Lendl Simmons Chris Gayle Shimron Hetmyer Nicholas Pooran Dwayne Bravo Kieron Pollard Andre Russell Akeal Hosein Ravi Rampaul Obed McCoy
Related: Akeal Hosein Brilliant Catch in England vs West Indies – WATCH
Watch the South Africa vs West Indies ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 match Live score and streaming on the Star Sports Network and HotStar app. All the players stats and match scores along with exciting live ball-to-ball commentary will be available on the Hotstar app. A big panel of experienced commentators will be providing their expert comments during this entertaining SA vs WI encounter from 3:30 PM IST in Dubai.
India & rest of the Indian sub-continent (including Sri Lanka): Star Sports Australia: Fox Sports, Channel 9 United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland: Sky Sports South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: SuperSport United Arab Emirates: Etisalat Criclife USA & Canada: Willow TV New Zealand: SKY Sport Pakistan: Ten Sports, PTV Sports Caribbean: ESPN Bangladesh: Gazi TV Afghanistan: Radio Television Afghanistan South East Asia: Fox Networks Group Pacific Islands: Digicel MENA, Continental Europe and Central Asia: Yupp TV Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong: Star Cricket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L-bY4kywoY
If you like our Dream11 Prediction Tips, please share this article with your friends, who are also interested in playing Dream11 Fantasy Leagues. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, Telegram and YouTube for the best Dream11 Fantasy Tips.