England vs South Africa Prediction: South Africa to start the series on a positive note

Just two days after a series loss to India, England will look to hit the ground running with a new challenge from South Africa. It is a three-game series again. Who will come on top after the end of the third and last one?

England after their abysmal performance in the first two T20s came strongly to win the final game of the series against India. The ODI series also had the same fate but they were able to draw the series at 1-1 at one point in time. They lost the final game and the series after an absolute blinder by Rishab Pant and Hardik Pandya. The batsman needs to get some runs under the belt and so far the main batters have contributed very little in the last series. Joe Root, Jonny, and Strokes need to start firing again. With a new series comes a new start and they will be looking to do just that against South Africa.

Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Byrdon Carse, Matt Parkinson, Reece Topley

South Africa is coming into the game on the back of a T20 series draw against India in June. Their last ODI series ended in a defeat against Bangladesh in March of this year. They have a pretty balanced side in all departments. De Kock, Markram. Miller and van der Dussen will lead the batting lineup. Keshav Maharaj will be leading them in this series as Bavuma is out due to injury. Kagiso Rabada will also not be featuring in this series as he has been rested but the bowling lineup looks decent in spite of him. 

Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Kyle Verreynne, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj (c), Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

The pitch will be batter friendly and it will assist them in strokeplay. Almost more than half of the game has been won by the team batting second and the average score on this track is 245 for the team batting first. We are expecting a high-scoring game where South Africa will come on top.

• South Africa to win for 2.9;
• Total Wickets Over 15.5 for 1.75;
• W2 After First 15 Overs for 2.3