New Delhi. The fourth match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Sri Lanka (SA vs SL) on Monday. The 2014 champion team Sri Lanka won the toss and batted first in this Group D match. The entire Sri Lankan team was all out for 77 runs. While chasing, the South African team easily chased this score. After the defeat, the Sri Lankan captain has said that we still have 3 more matches and we will try to perform better in them.
After the defeat, Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga said, “Our batsmen tried to score 160-170 runs. To be honest, it was a 120-run wicket, especially with our bowlers. We played according to our strength, our bowling, so we batted first. We wanted to score big and then defend. This is the start of the tournament and we have three more games, we want to perform better, especially with our batting talent. If our batting is good, we can perform well.”
Talking about the match, Sri Lanka's team collapsed after scoring 77 runs. Kusal Mendis scored the highest 19 runs from their side. Apart from Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews scored 16 and Kamindu Mendis scored 11 runs. These three players reached double figures. 4 batsmen including Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga could not even open their account. Enrique Norkia was the best bowler of the match from South Africa. He took 4 wickets for just 7 runs in a spell of 4 overs.
tag: T20 World Cup, Wanindu Hasranga
first published : June 4, 2024, 06:52 IST
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