The 2014 champions made a tough start to their T20 WC campaign. They never found things going well on a tough batting surface as they crumbled to just 77 all out, which was chased down by Proteas, although after some fight put up by Lankan bowlers.
Nortje overcame the blues of a disappointing Indian Premier League (IPL) season and turned up in national colours with a record-breaking four-fer, the best figures by a Proteas bowler in the tournament's history, helping them bundle out Sri Lanka for just 77 runs. Proteas did face some hiccu
A scorching bowling spell by Anrich Nortje and fine supporting performances from Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj helped South Africa bundle out Sri Lanka for just 77 runs in 19.1 overs in their ICC T20 World Cup match in New York on Monday
Sri Lanka is a part of Group D along with South Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal. In the previous T20 WC in Australia back in 2022, Sri Lanka could not make it past the group stage, finishing at the fourth spot in group one with two wins and three losses.
Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin maintained the top two rankings in the ICC Men's Test all-rounder rankings as ICC released updated rankings of the longest format of the game
Fifties from Dimuth Karunaratne and Kushal Mendis guided the visitors, Sri Lanka, to 314/4 after playing 90 overs on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to field against Sri Lanka in the first match of the two-match Test series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
After Sri Lanka's series triumph over Bangladesh, skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto asked the visitors to move on from the timed-out incident that occurred during the World Cup 2023.
After a match-winning performance against Afghanistan in the 2nd T20I at Dambulla, Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews said he can improve himself by taking singles and doubles at the start of the innings.
Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne discussed his goals after playing a valuable innings on Day 2 of the one-off Test against Afghanistan at Sinhalese Sports Club on Saturday.