Left-arm wrist spinner Tabrez Shamsi took three wickets earlier than Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 58 as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead of their Twenty20 sequence.
Sri Lanka gained the toss and elected to bat however had been bowled out for 103 runs in 18.1 overs. South Africa reached 105-1 in 14.1 overs with 35 balls to spare.
Shamsi, who was a top-order bowler within the shortest format of cricket, returned 3-20 in 4 overs.
Spinner Aiden Markram additionally impressed 3-21 and was chargeable for stopping any momentum from Sri Lanka’s top-order. Markram changed Kusal Perera (30) and Bhanuka Rajapakse (20), who confirmed the spark of fine efficiency in a poor batting card.
De Kock’s 48-ball innings included seven fours. Markram remained unbeaten on 21 runs.
Sri Lanka’s legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga took the lone wicket, Reeza Hendrix scored 18 runs.
The third and final T20 is on Tuesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
