SA vs SL Dream11, T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: Prediction, Possible Playing 11, Squads for South Africa vs Sri Lanka

SA vs SL Dream11, T20 World Cup 2024 Match 4: Wanindu Hasaranga's Sri Lanka and Aiden Markram's South Africa will lock horns in their respective first matches of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York on Monday, June 3. The match will start from 8:00 in India in Sri Lanka. The start time for South Africa will be 4:30 PM.

Sri Lanka and South Africa have been placed in Group D alongside Bangladesh, Nepal and Netherlands. Like always, South Africa are once again the favourites to lift the trophy.

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South Africa finished third in Super 12 in Group 2, failing to qualify for the semi-finals. On the other hand, Sri Lanka finished fourth in Group 1 after winning just two of their five Super 12 matches.

Sri Lanka lost their first warm-up match against Netherlands by 20 runs before winning the second one against Ireland by 41 runs. South Africa also suffered a series whitewash against West Indies just ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024. South Africa did not play any warm-up game.

SA vs SL T20 World Cup 2024 Squads

SA Squad vs SL: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs

SL Squad vs SA: Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka. Travelling Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Janith Liyanage

SA vs SL Dream 11 T20 World Cup 2024 - Team 1

Wicket-keeper: Henrich Klaasen, Quinton de Kock, Kusal Mendis

Batter: Tristan Stubbs, Charith Asalanka, Pathum Nissanka, Reeza Hendricks

All-rounder: Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen

Bowler: Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana

Captain: Quinton de Kock, Vice-captain: Wanindu Hasaranga

SA vs SL Playing 11 T20 World Cup 2024

SA Playing 11 vs SL: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (C), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje

SL Playing 11 vs SA: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga (C), Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana

SA vs SL Head-to-Head

Matches: 17

SA Won: 11

SL Won: 5

Tied: 1

SA vs SL Match Prediction for T20 World Cup 2024

South Africa will be the favourites to beat Sri Lanka. South Africa lost their T20I series against West Indies ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, however their key players are back from the IPL 2024 and a full-strength Proteas side could look to steamroll Sri Lanka in their opening encounter of the T20 World Cup 2024. Sri Lanka have a very good bowling unit, but it's the batting unit which would decide their fate in the tournament. They lost their warm-up game against Netherlands.

SA vs SL New York weather forecast

Morning rain showers have been predicted in New York on Monday, July 3. But the good news for the fans is that there is no rain prediction for the rest of the day. The match is scheduled to start from 10:30 AM IST. The temperature during the match will hover around 23-25 degree celsius, and the humidity level will be close to 49 percent. The wind speed at the venue will hover around 8 km/h.