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South Africa vs India Tips

Sri Lanka's comprehensive defeat of India in Thursday's Group B match has made matters very simple - as has the fact that all matches in this group have provided a result, from a who-needs-what-to-qualify standpoint - particularly when compared with the relatively convoluted situation over in Group A.

The seven-wicket win by Angelo Mathews' men leaves each team in Group B with two points apiece, which turns Sunday's India-South Africa match and Monday's Sri Lanka-Pakistan fixture into virtual quarter-finals. The winner of South Africa vs India will qualify for the semi-finals, it's as simple as that. In the event of a washout, however, India's superior run rate will help them progress, regardless of the outcome of the other game.

Who are the favourites?

South Africa are slight favourites to win this crunch game, with their best available price currently sitting at $1.95, whereas South Africa are $2.00The two teams haven’t met in an ODI fixture for near on two years, with the last series they played taking place in India and ending in a 3-3 draw. An interesting note from said series in 2015, is that the side batting first won every single game, albeit by less than 36 runs on four occasions.

Basically these two countries are very well matched in this format of cricket. After their total of 321 was chased down by Sri Lanka, Indian captain virat Kohli said: “Maybe, we will have to push harder now in the next few games to give us a 20-run cushion after a result like this. This is because we are playing on the same ground (The Oval) as well (in the next match)."

What’s your recommended South Africa vs India bet?

First wicket of the match to be LBW @ $5.50 - BET NOW

This is a slightly outside the box gamble, but do not fear! There is method in the madness. When South Africa were stunned by Pakistan at Edgbaston on Wednesday, both opening batsmen Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock were dismissed ‘leg before’ for scores of 16 and 33 respectively. Bhuvneshwar Kumar who opens the bowling for India bowls wicket to wicket, thus giving himself a much greater chance of trapping the batsman in front. So my tip is for first wicket of the match to be LBW at 7/1. Bare in mind too that with reviews allowed and early wickets so crucial at this stage of the tournament, I think this is a great value bet.

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