Colombo: Inspired bowling and unbeaten fifties quinton de kock And reeza hendrix South Africa registered a crushing 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Chasing 121 for victory, South Africa scored 59 in 14.4 overs with de Kock and Hendricks 56 in the third T20I in Colombo.
South African bowler Bjorn Fortune And Kagiso Rabada He took two wickets each to restrict Sri Lanka to 120-8 after the hosts elected to bat first.
De Kock and Hendrix put on South Africa’s highest T20 partnership of 121 runs for any wicket in another display of dominance against Sri Lanka after their previous nine-wicket win.
Left-arm wicketkeeper-batsman de Kock, who scored a match-winning 58 in the second T20I, smashed his 40-ball fifty and attacked the opposition bowlers.
Hendrix registered his seventh T20I half-century and hit five fours and a six in his 42-ball knock.
South Africa’s bowlers registered a win after Rabada shook the top order with his pace. He sent back Avishka Fernando for 12 and bowled Bhanuka Rajapaksa for five.
Fortuyn got two crucial wickets, with Dhananjay de Silva, stumped for one, and Wanindu Hasaranga, dismissed for four, returned figures of 2-21 with his left-arm spin.
Opener Kusal Perera scored 39 runs before falling to skipper and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who carried the wicketkeeper-batsman lbw.
Number nine Chamika Karunaratne smashed an unbeaten 24 off 19 balls to slide Sri Lanka to 86-7, bringing the team some respect as she ended the innings with a six.
It was a disappointing result for Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka which won the three-match ODI series 2-1 last week.
Chasing 121 for victory, South Africa scored 59 in 14.4 overs with de Kock and Hendricks 56 in the third T20I in Colombo.
South African bowler Bjorn Fortune And Kagiso Rabada He took two wickets each to restrict Sri Lanka to 120-8 after the hosts elected to bat first.
De Kock and Hendrix put on South Africa’s highest T20 partnership of 121 runs for any wicket in another display of dominance against Sri Lanka after their previous nine-wicket win.
Left-arm wicketkeeper-batsman de Kock, who scored a match-winning 58 in the second T20I, smashed his 40-ball fifty and attacked the opposition bowlers.
Hendrix registered his seventh T20I half-century and hit five fours and a six in his 42-ball knock.
South Africa’s bowlers registered a win after Rabada shook the top order with his pace. He sent back Avishka Fernando for 12 and bowled Bhanuka Rajapaksa for five.
Fortuyn got two crucial wickets, with Dhananjay de Silva, stumped for one, and Wanindu Hasaranga, dismissed for four, returned figures of 2-21 with his left-arm spin.
Opener Kusal Perera scored 39 runs before falling to skipper and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who carried the wicketkeeper-batsman lbw.
Number nine Chamika Karunaratne smashed an unbeaten 24 off 19 balls to slide Sri Lanka to 86-7, bringing the team some respect as she ended the innings with a six.
It was a disappointing result for Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka which won the three-match ODI series 2-1 last week.
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