SL vs SA, T20 World Cup - Skipper Wanindu Hasaranga departs for a DUCK, Sri Lanka in deep trouble

What a start South Africa is having to their ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 campaign as they sent back Sri Lanka's top 5 batters within 10 overs at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The Lanka side, who won the toss and opted to bat first, hardly scored 40 runs, and it is surely not looking good for the team from Asia.

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What shocked everyone was seeing Sri Lanka's skipper Wanindu Hasaranga being stumped for a two-ball duck. He came up with the order, but this experiment did not work. He danced down for a big slog but was beaten in flight and got nowhere close to the pitch of it. He swung his bat across the line, and the ball turned past the outside edge, giving Quinton de Kock a simple opportunity to displace the stumps.

As of writing this article, after 14 overs, Sri Lanka's woes continued as they scored 61 runs and lost their sixth wicket in Charith Asalanka as he went for 6 off 9.

Apart from Keshav Maharaj taking back-to-back wickets in the same over, Anrich Nortje has picked up three wickets. Proteas pacer Ottneil Baartman also claimed one wicket. For Sri Lanka, opener Pathum Nissanka departed for 3 of 8 while Kusal Mendis scored 19 but wasted 30 balls. Sadeera Samarawickrama departed for a duck as well, while Kamindu Mendis managed just 11 off 15 balls.

Fans took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to speak about Sri Lanka's batting and how they are not having a good day.

Regarding the two teams, they belong to Group D along with Bangladesh, Netherlands, and Nepal. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Eight stage, where eight teams will be divided into two groups of four to vie for semi-final berths.

Teams:

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman.

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