SL vs SA
Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2024: The South African team defeated the Sri Lankan team by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka’s bowlers and batsmen have not performed well in this match. Sri Lanka’s team was all out for just 77 runs while batting first, which is also Sri Lanka’s lowest score in the history of T20 World Cup. The South African team was able to chase even the small target in 16.2 overs. Quinton de Kock scored the highest 20 runs for the team.
This bad record was made in the match
In the match between Sri Lanka vs South Africa, the batsmen of both the teams faced difficulties in batting. The batsmen of both the teams played a total of 127 dot balls in the match. In the history of T20 World Cup, so many dot balls were not played in any match before this. Now the SL vs SA match has become that match in the T20 World Cup in which the most dot balls have been played. In the T20 World Cup 2024 itself, in the match between Namibia and Oman, the batsmen played a total of 123 dot balls. But now the poor performance of the batsmen in the SL vs SA match has surpassed this record.
Matches with most dot balls in T20 World Cup:
Sri Lanka vs South Africa – 127 dot balls
Namibia vs Oman – 123 dot balls
South Africa vs India – 123 dot balls
Netherlands vs Zimbabwe – 121 dot balls
Namibia vs Scotland- 118 dot balls
Batsmen flopped
In the match against South Africa, Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat first. Which proved to be wrong. Sri Lankan batsmen flopped badly in this match. Wanindu Hasaranga, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Mathisha Pathirana and Nuwan Tushara could not even open their account. Kusal Mendis contributed the most 19 runs for the team.
Enrique Norkhia took four wickets
Enrica Norkhia emerged as the biggest hero for South Africa in this match. He gave only 7 runs in 4 overs and took 4 wickets. Otniel Bartman also gave only 9 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj also took 2-2 wickets. Quinton de Kock scored 20 runs and Heinrich Klaasen scored 19 runs to win the match for South Africa.
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