The first ODI of the 3-game series between South Africa and Afghanistan is set to take place on Wednesday the 18th of September in Sharjah in the UAE and we look at the match from a betting angle.
South Africa are currently trading at an Outright series win price of 1.36, with Afghanistan the outsiders at 3.20 to win the series.
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Afghanistan have taken part in two 3-match ODI series in 2024 so far. The first one was played against Sri Lanka away, where they lost the series 3-0. Their latest clash was against Ireland in Sharjah, where Afghanistan were unbeaten across the 3 games, winning 2 and 1 being abandoned due to rain. Afghanistan won the first match by 35 runs and the 3rd match by 117 runs, with the second fixture being abandoned.
South Africa are yet to play an ODI match this year and their most recent games were held in a 3-match series against India that took place in December last year. All 3 matches were played in South Africa and India won the series 2-1. A notable performance was when South Africa won the second match by 8 wickets at St. Georges Park.
Head-to-Head
These sides have only met 2 times in ODI format, with the first match being in 2019 at the World Cup, held at Sophie Gardens where South Africa won by 9 wickets. The second match was played more recently in November last year, also in a World Cup, where South Africa once again came out on top winning the match by 5 wickets.
BETTING – Click here to bet
Afghanistan 2.40
South Africa 1.55
Suggested Bet: Top Afghanistan bat Gurbaz at 3.51
Gurbaz has been in great form in Franchise cricket and the 22 year old averages an impressive 37.6 in 40 ODI’s. He tops the betting boards for this market and rightly so in my opinion.
Suggested Bet: South African Top Bowler – Wiaan Mulder at 4.35
Mulder is picking up a lot of international experience and with his line and length and ability to extract movement off the pitch I am backing him to be South Africa’s top wicket taker.
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