Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

SA vs SL: Who loses like this man… South Africa beat Sri Lanka badly, Bavuma-Stubbs were the heroes, when is the next match?

New Delhi. The first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka was played in Durban. In this match, Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 233 runs. After the third day’s play, South Africa had given Sri Lanka a target of 516 runs to win. But the Sri Lankan team could score only 282 runs while chasing. Temba Bavuma and Stubbs played brilliant century innings for South Africa in the second innings.

South Africa had scored 191 runs in the first innings. In the first innings, Sri Lankan team could score only 42 runs. Fast bowler Marco Jansen took 7 wickets against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka had lost half the match here. In the second innings, Stubbs completed his/her century for South Africa in 183 balls. In his/her century innings he/she hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. Temba Bavuma completed his/her century in 202 balls. In this way, South Africa scored 366 runs in the second innings and gave a target of 516 runs to Sri Lanka.

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When the Sri Lankan team came out to chase the target in the first innings, they lost wickets very quickly. Opener Pathum Nissanka scored 23 runs and Dimuth Karunaratne scored 4 runs. While Nissanka was dismissed by Coetzee, Karunaratne was dismissed by Rabada. Dinesh Chandimal played a brilliant inning of 83 runs. he/she was cotton bowled by Gerald Coetzee. Marco Yansen took 4 wickets in the second innings. he/she took a total of 11 wickets in the match. Sri Lanka could score only 282 runs in the fourth day’s play and had to face defeat in the first test.

South Africa has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The next match will now be played from 5th December. This match will be played at St. George’s Park. The Sri Lankan team will try to win the next match and tie the series. Which will help them in the points table of the World Test Championship. After South Africa’s victory, there have been some changes in the point table.

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