Australia and South Africa are packed with skillful bowlers which carry the ability to turn the game upside down with just an over and in the pitch like Ekana these bowlers could be more deadly to face for any batter in the world. There are high possibilities to see a low scoring tight game at Lucknow and bowlers from both teams are going to create or break some records. These bowlers make the batting surface hard to bat for any team so visualize the scenes from Ekana stadium when Kagiso Rabada, Mitchel Starc, Keshav Maharaj and Pat Cummins will fire the 22 yard pitch with their bowling. South African bowlers won the last game by getting all10 wickets of Sri Lanka, where the Australian bowler destroyed Indian top order in the last game. There is going to be a race between bowlers to wrap up as many wickets they could have, so here I am predicting 3 bowlers from both teams to pick up the most wickets in the game.
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada is one of the best bowlers in world cricket, he has delivered so many memorable spells to win games for his country and he has a lot of experience playing in Indian conditions. He is the highest wicket taker for South Africa against Australia among active players. He has 26 wickets in his pocket in 13 innings. He took 2 wickets in the last game in 7.5 overs. Kagiso became more dangerous in pitches like Ekana’s and he will strike out Australian top order with his swinging deliveries and will bother in the death overs. Australian openers will face some strong competition against Kagiso.
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Josh hazelwood
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Josh Hazelwood is the strong contender to take most wickets in this game. He has the highest wickets against South Africa for Australia among active players. He bowled in 14 innings and has picked 25 wickets with a five wicket haul. In the last game he has taken 3 wickets which include last night centurion Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He looks great while playing in Indian conditions, he has played 4 ODI innings in India with 7 wickets in his pocket. His swinging deliveries in first 10 overs surely bother batters and no matter who the batsman is he shows no mercy to anybody, josh has a lot of experience playing in IPL so he is familiar with the condition and pressure. He might be the top performer in today’s game with the ball.
Lungi Ngidi
Lungi is an underrated bowler in world cricket he always performs excellent with the new ball, batters do struggle to score runs in front of him, he is a bowler that players avoid to face. Lungi is an expert in creating pressure. He has the second highest wickets against Australia for South Africa after his mate Kagiso Rabada. He has 18 wickets in just 8 innings and one 6 wicket haul. He has a good experience playing in IPL which will help him to handle the pressure. Lungi is going to bother Australian openers and create pressure that will help other bowlers to pick wickets but he also has that ability to destroy Australian batting lineup and he could be the bowler to look for.
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