Sri Lanka's crushing defeat against South Africa - Africa won the match by 6 wickets

SA vs SL: South Africa has started with a win in the T20 World Cup. The team defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat on a difficult pitch and Sri Lanka was all out for 77 runs. South Africa also lost 4 wickets while chasing the target of 78 runs on a bouncy wicket. This target was chased in the 17th over. In the first international match at Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York, the difficulty of the pitch can be gauged from the fact that no batsman could score more than 20 runs. 14 wickets fell in the match. Of these, fast bowlers took 9 wickets and spinners got 5 wickets.

On the same pitch of Nassau, India will play against Ireland on June 5 and Pakistan on June 9. India played its only warm-up match against Bangladesh on this ground and won.

Sri Lankan batsmen crumbled in their first match in the T20 World Cup. Captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and decided to bat. The decision proved wrong for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's team was all out for 77 runs on a bouncy wicket. This is the lowest score of the Sri Lankan team in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, the team was all out for 87 runs against Australia in the 2010 T20 World Cup.

No Sri Lankan batsman was able to score more than 20 runs at the Nassau International Cricket Stadium in New York. South Africa's Enrique Nortya took 4 and Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets. South African pacers proved captain Aiden Markram right by sending 7 Sri Lankan batsmen to the pavilion. Markram had said after losing the toss that he would have chosen to bowl if he had won the toss.

Sri Lankan team all out for 77 runs

Sri Lanka's team was all out for 77 runs in 19.1 overs. This is their lowest score in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 87 runs in 16.2 overs against Australia in Bridgetown in 2010. However, Sri Lanka had scored this score in the second innings. At the same time, Sri Lanka's lowest score while batting first is 101 runs, which they scored against Australia in Cape Town in 2007. 77 runs is also the lowest total so far in this edition of the T20 World Cup.

Winning the toss and batting first, Sri Lanka had a very bad start. Pathum Nissanka was out after scoring three runs. After this, the entire batting line-up collapsed. Anrich Nortje wreaked havoc and sent Kusal Mendis (19), Kamindu Mendis (11), Charith Aslanka (6) and Angelo Mathews (16) to the pavilion. Nortje conceded seven runs in four overs and took four wickets. Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj took two wickets each. Maharaj took both the wickets in the same over. He dismissed captain Wanindu Hasaranga (0) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (0). Dasun Shanaka (9) and Mathisha Pathirana (0) were sent to the pavilion by Rabada. At the same time, Nuwan Tushara (0) was run out. Otniel Bartman got one wicket.