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.
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
Anrich Norje's outstanding bowling performance and some good batting display by South Africa led to victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
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 skipper Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa at the Nassau International Cricket Stadium on Monday in the fourth clash of the T20 World Cup
Jadhav, represented India in 73 ODIs and nine T20Is since his international debut in 2014. He earened his call-up for the international side for Bangladesh series in June that year, but had to wait till the home series against Sri Lanka in November to finally get his chance.
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.