India vs South Africa 2nd ODI match prediction: Who’ll win IND vs SA match? Fantasy team, pitch report and more

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cricket matches in the series. On December 17, India beat the Proteas in the first ODI match by 8 wickets at the Wanderers Stadium. KL Rahul leads the Men in Blue whereas Aiden Markram leads the hosts.

These teams have played 92 ODI matches against each other so far. South Africa have won 50 and India won 39 matches. Three matches did not produce any results.

In the last 5 ODIs between these two, India have won 4 times. In fact, in the last 3 ODIs, India bowled out the Proteas for 116, 83 and 99 respectively. KL Rahul (C & WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Reeza Hendricks (VC), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi.

St George's Park is expected to favour spinners. The expected score is around 250-260 runs. However, in 1992, South African legend Allan Donald took 12 wickets for 139 on a pitch that was considered a fast bowler's nightmare.

Thanks to that, the Proteas secured a 9-wicket win. Out of 42 ODIs played in this venue so far, there was only one match that produced no result. The records for batting first and second are pretty balanced.

Teams batting second have won 21 times while teams batting first have won 20 times. Gqeberha will remain cloudy in the morning and clear up later in the day. The chance of rain is low (2-9%).

The humidity will be extremely high at 92%. During the match, the temperature will remain comfortable at 19-23 degrees. As per Google’s win probability, there is a 52% chance that India will win.

As per CricTracker, India will win the match no matter who bats first. MyKhel says that India will beat the Proteas again in the second match and win the ODI series. We, too, believe that the Men in Blue will dominate the hosts