- T20 World Cup : Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat at the Nassau Cricket Stadium in New York. But the entire Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 77 runs in 19.1 overs.
T20 World Cup SL vs SA Inning Report:
South Africa and Sri Lanka teams are face to face in the T20 World Cup. Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat at Nassau Cricket Stadium in New York. But the entire Sri Lankan team was reduced to 77 runs in just 19.1 overs.
This is Sri Lanka’s lowest score in T20 format. For Sri Lanka, Kusal Mendis scored the highest 19 runs in 30 balls. Angelo Mathews played an innings of 16 runs in 16 balls. While Kamendu Mendis contributed 11 runs in 15 balls.
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8 Sri Lankan batsmen could not cross the double digit mark…
4 Sri Lankan batsmen returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. While 8 batsmen failed to cross the double-digit mark. For Sri Lanka, only Kusal Mendis, Kamendu Mendis and Angelo Mathews could touch the double-digit mark.
On the other hand, if we talk about South African bowlers, Ernik Nortje was the most successful bowler. Ernik Nortje took 4 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj got 2-2 wickets. Otnell Bartman took 1 wicket.
What was Sri Lanka’s lowest score before this?
Earlier, Sri Lanka’s lowest score in T20 format was 82 runs. Against India, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for just 82 runs in the year 2016, but today it was all out for even less than that, just 77 runs. Whereas in the T20 World Cup 2010, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 87 runs against Australia.
Let us tell you that this is Sri Lanka’s first match in the T20 World Cup 2024. But the start was not good for Sri Lanka led by Wanindu Hasaranga. Against South Africa, the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for just 77 runs.
SA vs SL: Enrique Nortje’s deadly spell, took 4 wickets for 7 runs; was zero in IPL, became hero in T20 World Cup
- SA vs SL: South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje has taken 4 wickets while bowling in a dangerous manner. This is the same bowler whom the batsmen were thrashing fiercely in IPL 2024.
SA vs SL:
The fourth match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Nassau Stadium in New York. In this encounter, Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat first, which backfired on him.
South Africa’s dangerous pace attack has bundled out the Sri Lankan team for just 77 runs. 8 Sri Lankan batsmen could not even touch the double digit mark in terms of runs and especially Anrich Nortje wreaked havoc on the batsmen with his air-cutting ball. This is the same Nortje, who was being thrashed in IPL 2024 a few weeks ago, but now he is seen in a different form.
4 wickets for 7 runs
South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje was seen bowling at a speed of 145 km/h continuously. Nortje bowled three overs in his first spell. Only 1 run came in the first over, in which he sent Kamindu Mendis to the pavilion on a score of 11 runs.
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When the turn of the second over came, this time he gave 4 runs and took the wicket of the set Kusal Mendis, who scored 19 runs. Only 2 runs came in the third over of the spell and this time too his hands were not empty in terms of wickets.
This time he dismissed Charith Aslanka on a score of 6 runs. At the same time, in the fourth and last over of his spell, he dismissed Angelo Mathews, who scored 16 runs. He took 4 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs.
There was a lot of beating in IPL 2024
Anrich Nortje was playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. He played 6 matches for Delhi in the season, in which he managed to take 7 wickets. But the surprising thing was that Nortje conceded runs at an economy rate of 13.36 in the season. But now in his very first match of the T20 World Cup, he has transformed himself in an incredible way.