South Africa will go toe-to-toe with Australia in the first match of the three-game ODI series at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday, September 24.
South Africa will enter this three-match series after a 3-0 ODI series win over Namibia earlier this month. Meanwhile, Australia, captained by Mitchell Marsh, bagged a 3-0 ODI series win over Zimbabwe earlier this month. It would be a good contest between these two top-class sides.
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1, Match Details
Match: South Africa vs Australia, ODI Series 2026, Match 1
Time & Date: 1:30 PM IST, Thursday, September 24
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Probable XIs
South Africa
Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Duan Jansen
Australia
Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Matt Renshaw, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Pitch Report
With the average first-innings score across the last three ODIs being 267, we can expect batters to come out all guns blazing. Any score above 300 would be a tough ask for the team batting second on this surface.
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Top Picks
Matt Renshaw
Australian middle-order batter Matt Renshaw scored 128 runs from three games on the recent Zimbabwe tour.
Mitchell Starc
Australian ace pacer Mitchell Starc would play a pivotal role in the powerplay and death overs in this fixture.
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Captain picks
Cooper Connolly
Connolly was the leading run-scorer for Australia on their recent tour of Zimbabwe, scoring 150 runs in three games.
Matthew Breetzke
Matthew Breetzke ended the recent India ODI series as the team’s leading run-scorer, accumulating 164 runs from three games.
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Head-to-head Dream11 team
Cooper Connolly (c), Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw (vc), Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch
SA vs AUS, ODI Series 2026, Match 1 Grand League Dream11 team
Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Breetzke (c), Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc (vc), Josh Hazlewood, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch
