The Kingsmead, Durban will be the venue for the 2nd encounter of the ODI series between South Africa and Pakistan. The visitors made a great start to the series and have their noses in front. While they would hope to extend the lead, the hosts would be itching to level up. Keep reading to find out South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Match Prediction.

South Africa was in the driver’s seat after they won the toss and batted first in the first match. The pitch didn’t offer much to the bowlers and the batsmen enjoyed a great time in the middle. Hashim Amla scored a century while the debutant Rassie van der Dussen made 93. They lost just 2 wickets in the innings and should have gotten close to 300. But they failed to accelerate at the death and ended up a few runs short at 266.

Pakistan made a decent start to the chase with an opening stand of 45. Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam laid the foundation with a stand of 94 runs. Mohammad Hafeez then took over and controlled the chase pretty well. His knock of 71 from 63 enabled the side sail past the line with 5 wickets in hand. It was a commanding start from Pakistan and they would hope to build on that going forward.

Here is our South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Match Prediction

Case1: If South Africa bats first

First Innings score prediction: 290-300

Result prediction: South Africa will win the match by 30-40 runs

Case2: If Pakistan bats first

First Innings score prediction: 270-280

Result prediction: South Africa will win the match by 5 wickets

Head to head in ODIs

Total ODIs: 74, South Africa won: 47, Pakistan won: 26, No Result: 1

Predicted XIs

South Africa

Hashim Amla, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier

Pakistan

Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan, Hasan Ali

South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Match Prediction: The hosts lost the early advantage in the first game and ended up on the losing end. They would pull up their socks and attempt to come back in the series.

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