Sri Lanka vs South Africa, third T20I: South Africa Thrash Sri Lanka To Sweep Sequence 3-0

Impressed bowling and unbeaten fifties from Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks helped South Africa sweep the Twenty20 collection 3-Zero towards Sri Lanka with a crushing 10-wicket win on Tuesday. Chasing 121 for victory, South Africa romped house in 14.four overs with De Kock on 59 and Hendricks making 56 within the 3rd T20 Global (T20I) in Colombo. South African bowlers Bjorn Fortuin and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets each and every to limit Sri Lanka to 120-Eight after the hosts elected to bat first.

De Kock and Hendricks then placed on South Africa’s easiest T20 partnership of 121 for any wicket towards Sri Lanka in every other display of dominance after their earlier nine-wicket win.

De Kock, a left-hand wicketkeeper-batsman who hit a match-winning 58 in the second one T20I, raised his fifty in 40 balls and took the assault to the opposition bowlers.

Hendricks recorded his 7th T20I half-century and hit 5 fours and one six in his 42-ball knock.

South Africa’s bowlers arrange the win after Rabada rattled the highest order together with his tempo. He despatched again Avishka Fernando for 12 and bowled Bhanuka Rajapaksa for 5.

Fortuin were given two key wickets together with Dhananjaya de Silva, stumped for one, and Wanindu Hasaranga, out for 4, to go back figures of 2-21 together with his left-arm spin.

Opener Kusal Perera top-scored with 39 ahead of falling to skipper and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj who trapped the wicketkeeper-batsman lbw.

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Sri Lanka slipped to 86-7 ahead of quantity 9 Chamika Karunaratne hit an unbeaten 24 off 19 balls to present the crew general some recognize as he completed the innings with a six.

It was once a disappointing outcome for Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka who had gained the three-match ODI collection 2-1 closing week.