The third and the final Twenty20 International cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka will be played at Newlands in Cape Town on January 25. The game is scheduled to begin at 16:00 GMT, 9:30 pm India time. The South African team will have just four members of the original World T20 team. The match will be telecast Live on Ten Sports. For online viewers it will available on Tensports.com
Sri Lanka will need to show some outstanding cricket as they will be playing without their two key players in the third and decisive Twenty20 International. The Lankans will be without Angelo Mathews, the skipper, and Nuwan Pradeep for the final T20I and the upcoming five-match One-Day International series. Dinesh Chandimal will lead the side in Mathews’ absence.
After going down by 19 runs in the opener, Sri Lanka won the second T20I by three wickets on Sunday to leave the series tied 1-1.
Upul Tharanga has been chosen to captain the country’s 5 ODI matches against South Africa. READ:https://t.co/iBUlKi2FEx pic.twitter.com/XVnlk7O2vi
— Sri Lanka Cricket (@OfficialSLC) January 24, 2017
About the South African’s performance, all eyes would be Lungi Ngidi’s bowling. The 20-year-old paceman from Durban has so far claimed six wickets, in the last game he returned with the figures of 4 for 19 from four overs. His performance even earned him spot in the ODI side.
The T20I series will be followed by the five-match ODI showdown which will start on January 28 at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
Catch AB de Villiers in the deciding T20 v SL in Cape Town at 18:https://t.co/xOw7FdGeMz him live on SS 2, SABC 3 & Radio 2000 #ProteaFire pic.twitter.com/foLGCqW1D0
— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 25, 2017
Teams
South Africa: Farhaan Behardien (capt), Theunis de Bruyn, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Heino Kuhn, David Miller, Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Aaron Phangiso, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jon-Jon Smuts.
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (capt, wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Thikshila de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Kusal Mendis, Sachith Pathirana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana.
