South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2021 2nd T20I Full Commentary

Result · Sep 12 2021, Sun - 07:00 PM (IST)

2nd T20I, - R. Premadasa Stadium

SRI LANKA

103

SOUTH AFRICA

105/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets

CRR:7.41

18.1

OUT! L.B.W. Keshav Maharaj to Maheesh Theekshana. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, hit pad. Another one bites the dust. Finally, Maharaj picks up his first wicket. Sri Lanka's innings comes to an end as they bowled out for 103. Fantastic performance from the South African bowlers. Kusal Perera top-scored with 30. For South Africa, Aiden Markram and Tabraiz Shamsi picked up three wickets each. Can South Africa chase down this easy target with ease? Join us for the run chase in a while.
17.6

Aiden Markram to Praveen Jayawickrama. Off break length ball, to leg down the track working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Maharaj.
17.5

Aiden Markram to Praveen Jayawickrama. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, hit pad to short leg for no runs, fielded by de Kock.
17.4

Aiden Markram to Praveen Jayawickrama. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Shamsi.
17.3

Aiden Markram to Praveen Jayawickrama. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Shamsi.
17.2

Aiden Markram to Praveen Jayawickrama. Off break length ball, to leg on the back foot working, leading edge to silly mid off for no runs.
17.1

OUT! Caught & Bowled. Aiden Markram to Charith Asalanka. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off. Asalanka gives away his wicket. Good return catch from Aiden Markram.
16.6

Bjorn Fortuin to Maheesh Theekshana. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs.
16.5

OUT! L.B.W. Bjorn Fortuin to Dushmantha Chameera. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad. Up goes the finger. Chameera opts for the review and losses it.
16.4

Bjorn Fortuin to Charith Asalanka. Stock length ball, off stump down the track working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Shamsi.
16.3

Bjorn Fortuin to Charith Asalanka. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to silly mid on for no runs.
16.2

Bjorn Fortuin to Charith Asalanka. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by de Kock.
16.1

Bjorn Fortuin to Charith Asalanka. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Shamsi.
15.6

Tabraiz Shamsi to Charith Asalanka. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Nortje.
15.5

Tabraiz Shamsi to Dushmantha Chameera. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Nortje.
15.4

APPEAL! Tabraiz Shamsi to Dushmantha Chameera. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Maharaj, appeal made for L.B.W.
15.3

OUT! Bowled. Tabraiz Shamsi to Chamika Karunaratne. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, inside edge. Tabraiz Shamsi picks up his third wicket. Chamika Karunaratne looks to drive but misses. The ball crashes onto his stumps.
15.2

Tabraiz Shamsi to Charith Asalanka. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to gully for 1 run, fielded by van der Dussen.
15.1

Tabraiz Shamsi to Charith Asalanka. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Nortje.
14.6

Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs. No boundaries in the last five overs.
14.5

Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock ball full toss, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to silly mid on for no runs.
14.4

Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by de Kock.
14.4

Wide Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock length ball, wide outside off stump no foot movement Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by de Kock.
14.3

Bjorn Fortuin to Charith Asalanka. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Shamsi.
14.2

Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Klaasen.
14.1

Bjorn Fortuin to Chamika Karunaratne. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, mis-fielded by de Kock.
End of Over 14

Over 14. 9 runs. Bowler: Dhananjaya de Silva. South Africa: 101/1 (rr 7.21)
13.6

Aiden Markram to Chamika Karunaratne. Off break length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Fortuin.
13.5

Aiden Markram to Chamika Karunaratne. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Fortuin.
13.4

Aiden Markram to Charith Asalanka. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Maharaj.
13.3

Aiden Markram to Chamika Karunaratne. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Rabada.

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14.1

Praveen Jayawickrama to Quinton de Kock. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, hit pad past fine leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Chandimal. Winning runs! An excellent all-round performance from South Africa. South Africa win the match by nine wickets, and they lead the series by 2-0. Quinton de Kock top-scored with 58 and remains unbeaten. For Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga is the only bowler who picked up a wicket. Tabraiz Shamsi is adjudged as the Player of the Match for his excellent bowling performance. Do join us for the third and last T20I on Tuesday. Until then, cheers.
End of Over 14

Over 14. 9 runs. Bowler: Dhananjaya de Silva. South Africa: 101/1 (rr 7.21)
13.6

FOUR! Dhananjaya de Silva to Aiden Markram. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, past long off for 4 runs.
13.5

Dhananjaya de Silva to Quinton de Kock. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Chameera.
13.4

Dhananjaya de Silva to Quinton de Kock. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot sweeping, to short fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Rajapaksa.
13.3

Dhananjaya de Silva to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, down leg side down the track working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by De Silva.
13.2

Dhananjaya de Silva to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by De Silva.
13.1

Dhananjaya de Silva to Quinton de Kock. Off break length ball, outside off stump backing away driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.
End of Over 13

Over 13. 8 runs. Bowler: Wanindu Hasaranga. South Africa: 92/1 (rr 7.08)
12.6

Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
12.5

Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Googly length ball, middle stump down the track working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Theekshana.
12.4

Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Karunaratne.
12.3

FOUR! Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump backing away driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. That brings up Quinton de Kock's T20I fifty.

12.2

Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Rajapaksa.
12.1

Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Theekshana.
End of Over 12

Over 12. 9 runs. Bowler: Maheesh Theekshana. South Africa: 84/1 (rr 7.00)
11.6

Maheesh Theekshana to Quinton de Kock. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shanaka.
11.5

Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Shanaka.
11.4

Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by De Silva.
11.3

FOUR! Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Carrom length ball, outside off stump backing away cutting, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.
11.2

Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Carrom length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to silly mid on for no runs.
11.1

FOUR! Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, outside edge past third man for 4 runs. Edged and four.
End of Over 11

Over 11. 4 runs. Bowler: Wanindu Hasaranga. South Africa: 75/1 (rr 6.82)
10.6

Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Rajapaksa.
10.5

APPEAL! Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Shanaka, appeal made for L.B.W.

10.4

APPEAL! Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Leg spinner length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, inside edge to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Jayawickrama, appeal made for L.B.W. A loud shout for LBW but the umpire is not interested.
10.3

Wanindu Hasaranga to Aiden Markram. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to point for 1 run, fielded by Theekshana.
10.2

Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Googly length ball, to leg on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Asalanka.
10.1

Wanindu Hasaranga to Quinton de Kock. Googly length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by de Silva.
End of Over 10

Over 10. 6 runs. Bowler: Maheesh Theekshana. South Africa: 71/1 (rr 7.10)
9.6

Maheesh Theekshana to Quinton de Kock. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to cover for 1 run, fielded by De Silva.
9.5

Maheesh Theekshana to Quinton de Kock. Off break half volley, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, Gloved to short leg for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
9.4

Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break half volley, off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.
9.4

Wide Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Chandimal.
9.3

Maheesh Theekshana to Aiden Markram. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Chameera.

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