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South Africa will be facing Bangladesh in their Super 12 encounter at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday. Shakib Al Hasan’s men are coming into this game on the back of a nine-run victory against the Netherlands. On the other hand, the Proteas had to settle for a point after their game against Zimbabwe was abandoned due to rain. It is a must-win encounter for South Africa as they can ill-afford to drop anymore points given the cut-throat nature of the competition.

Regardless of the result of the previous game, the Proteas look to be in sublime touch for the tournament. They are clicking well in all departments and enter into this game as the firm favourites. However, the on-going edition of the T20 World Cup has produced quite a few upsets already and hence no outcome can be ruled out altogether so far.

SA vs BAN Possible Playing XI

South Africa: 1: Quinton de Kock (wk), 2: Temba Bavuma (C), 3: Rilee Rossouw, 4: Aiden Markram, 5: David Miller, 6: Tristan Stubbs, 7: Wayne Parnell, 8: Keshav Maharaj, 9: Kagiso Rabada, 10: Anrich Nortje, 11: Lungi Ngidi

Bangladesh: 1: Najmul Hossain Shanto, 2: Soumya Sarkar, 3: Litton Das, 4: Shakib Al Hasan (C), 5: Afif Hossain, 6: Yasir Ali, 7: Nurul Hasan (wk), 8: Mosaddek Hossain, 9: Taskin Ahmed, 10: Hasan Mahmud, 11: Mustafizur Rahman

Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

South Africa:

• Quinton de Kock has an average of 40.75 and a strike rate of 159.80 in five T20Is that he has played in Australia. This includes 49 off 18 balls earlier this week against Zimbabwe.
• David Miller is in sublime form this year. He averages 56.60 at an astounding strike rate of 186.16 across 13 T20Is in 2022.
• Aiden Markram has a laudable batting average and strike rate of 42.50 and 151.25 in 13 innings that he has batted at number four in so far. He will hold the key for the South African batting line-up in the middle-order.
• Tristan Stubbs has maintained an incredible strike rate of 191.89 in his short T20I career of 10 matches so far.
• Keshav  Maharaj has a fairly good bowling average and economy of 27.68 and 7.22 in 22 away T20Is so far.
• Lungi Ngidi has been in some tremendous wicket-taking touch this year. The pacer has taken 17 wickets at a strike rate of 10.29 in 10 T20Is in 2022.
• Kagiso Rabada (3/20) and Anrich Nortje (3/8) blew Bangladesh away in the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Bangladesh:

• Soumya Sarkar has a rather abysmal average and strike rate of 18.63 and 122.72 in the 38 T20Is that he has opened the batting in so far.
• Shakib Al Hasan has been solid with the bat for Bangladesh this year. The southpaw averages 31.20 at a strike rate of 133.91 in 11 T20Is since 2022.
• Litton Das will be expected to induce some firepower and flair in the Bangladeshi batting unit. He has scored 426 runs with three half-centuries at a strike rate of 137.42 in 15 T20Is this year.
• Afif Hossain has scored 300 runs at an average of 37.50 with the highest-score of 77* in 10 T20Is that he has batted at number four in for Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh will want Mustafizur Rahman to regain some of his old touch with the ball this year. The left-arm pacer has taken only eight wickets in 13 T20Is at an economy rate of 8.35 this year.
• Taskin Ahmed produced a superb display against Netherlands (4/25), including two wickets off the first two balls. Can he find pace and movement of the SCG pitch?

Other Stats and Facts

• Head-to-head: Matches 7, South Africa 7, Bangladesh 0.
• Bangladesh has won only 15 of the 47 T20Is that they have played in an away country since 2007.
• South Africa had bowled Bangladesh out for merely 84 in the last T20I that the two countries played last year. As many as five Bangladeshi batsmen were dismissed for a duck in that game.
• Despite his rather average record as an opener, Soumya Sarkar tends to up his game against the Proteas. He has scored 135 runs at an average of 155.17 in five T20Is against them.

SCG Sydney Pitch Report and Weather

The average first innings batting score in 13 T20Is at the SCG is a rather modest 163 runs. Hence, batting first or second might not provide any undue advantage to either side. There is a chance of a thunderstorm throughout the game, but the possible rainfall for Thursday is just 0-3mm according to bom.gov.au.

SA vs BAN Dream11 Prediction Today October 26 2022

Note: The below teams are not based on the final playing XIs. We may not be able to update these in time. Use the stats and commentary in this article as well as your own instincts to create your teams.

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Fan2Play Prediction

Base Team:

• Wicket-Keepers: Quinton de Kock
• Batsmen: David Miller, Afif Hossain
• All-Rounders: Shakib al Hasan, Aiden Markram
• Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Taskin Ahmed, Anrich Nortje

T20 World Cup 2022 Match 22: SA vs BAN Match Prediction – Who will win?

Barring any major surprises due to the rains, South Africa should emerge victorious in this game on the basis of recent form and also the sheer strength of both the sides.