South Africa Beat Sri Lanka in 2nd T 20 of series, 2013

South Africa was scheduled to play a 5 Match T 20 International in Sri Lanka in 2013. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 3 and 4. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka on 4th Aug 2013. South Africa holds the upper hand as they are more experienced team and playing very well as well.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how South Africa team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Jean Paul Duminy, Robin Peterson, AB de Villiers (c & wk), Alviro Petersen, Morne Morkel, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Aaron Phangiso, Colin Ingram,Faf du Plessis, Chris Morris

And Sri Lankan team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Jehan Mubarak, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Shaminda Eranga

South Africa batted well and was able to post total of 145 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 6 wickets and with top scores of D Miller who made 36 runs in 21 balls with 1 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 171 runs in 100 balls and J P Duminy who made 30 runs in 23 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 130 runs in 100 balls.

Sri Lanka was needed to score 146 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Sri Lanka batted well but was unable to chase the target of 146 runs and was only able to make 123 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and lost the game 22 runs with top contributions from K Sanga who made 39 runs in 35 balls with 4 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 111 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match by 22 runs and series stands at 2-0 in favor of South Africa

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