Bangladesh vs. South Africa, 1st ODI: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

After claiming a convincing 0-2 series victory in the Twenty20 series, South Africa will be full of confidence heading into the three-match ODI series against hosts Bangladesh, starting in Dhaka on Friday.

Date: Friday, July 10

Time: 3 p.m. (local) (9 a.m. GMT)

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Live stream and TV info: SuperSport 201 (South Africa), BTV and Gazi TV (Bangladesh), TEN Sports (Pakistan), Star Sports (India)

Weather: The forecast for Friday is not great, according to AccuWeather.com. It will be hot and humid with the chance of a couple of thunderstorms that will most likely disrupt play.

Overview

Bangladesh and South Africa will both have different goals in mind for this one-day series. For Bangladesh, whose Champions Trophy qualification is suddenly uncertain, a positive result is imperative. Their confidence will be boosted by recent wins over Pakistan and India, but South Africa will have goals of their own in mind.

The team will be without the services of AB de Villiers, who will serve a one-match ban for a slow over-rate offence committed during the World Cup. In fact, De Villiers has been released from the squad entirely and will miss the Test series, too, to be with his wife who is due to give birth to the couple’s first child. Hashim Amla will take over captaincy duties in his absence, and he will have his hands full.

South Africa’s bowling attack for the limited-overs series is an inexperienced one. There is no Dale Steyn or Vernon Philander, so Kyle Abbott and Morne Morkel will be expected to lead from the front. While the pace department will more than likely sort itself out, far more interesting will be the spin department.

Eddie Leie had a fantastic debut in the second T20 and has since been added to the one-day squad. Incumbent Irman Tahir is part of the one-day team, but with conditions in Bangladesh likely to favour spinners, South Africa might be tempted to include Leie as the second option.

That will be a bold call for a usually conservative South Africa, though, as handing Leie his one-day cap would mean he jumps ahead of Aaron Phangiso in the pecking order. Still, it’s not a bad dilemma to have, especially when considering just a few years ago it looked like South Africa had no spin options.

In the batting department, De Villiers' absence will mean selectors have to choose between Farhaan Behardien or Rilee Rossouw. Rossouw had a decent outing in the T20s, and Behardien is, at most, considered a player on the periphery of the squad. Rossouw’s attacking game, which he showed during the T20s, will most likely ensure that he gets the nod ahead of Behardien.

For South Africa, this will be their first outing since their nerve-racking loss in the World Cup semi-final. The side that will take to the field against Bangladesh in the first ODI on Friday might look a bit different to the one that lost in that match against New Zealand, but their approach and the brand of cricket they play will largely remain the same.

Key players

Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan had a terrible time in the T20s, but he was one of heroes against India with consecutive 50s. Al Hasan's lower-order prowess has come to Bangladesh's aid time and time again, and if the hosts need bailing out, he's the man they'll be looking to do just that.

South Africa

Kyle Abbott’s yorkers and all-round impressive death bowling in the T20s will have been encouraging for the Proteas. If he can emulate that in the one-day games, the Proteas will have a massive advantage over the hosts.

Squads

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Anamul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar

South Africa: Ryan McLaren, Morne Morkel, Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Eddie Leie, Imran Tahir, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis