SA vs SL: Sri Lanka created history by defeating South Africa became the first Asian team
SL defeated SA by 8 wickets on Saturday on the third day of the second Test vs sa match here on Saturday . With this, he has won 2-0 in the two-match Test series.
Highlights
- Sri Lanka, the first Asian team to win Test series in South Africa
- Hosted history by defeating hosts by 2-0 in the two-match Test series
- Sri Lanka had won an exciting one-wicket victory in the first Test match played in Durban.
- The match played in Port Elizabeth ended in just 3 days,and Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.
port Elizabeth
In the first Test match in Durban, Sri Lanka did not have any problem in winning the second match, apart from the exciting one wicket win. In front of him was the goal of 197 runs. such a scenario, Fernando and Mendis gave the team a simple win by sharing a 163-run third wicket partnership. Fernando scored an unbeaten 75 off 106 balls and Mendis scored an unbeaten 84 off 110 balls, so that Sri Lanka reached the target on the third day.
South Africa scored 222 in their first innings and Sri Lanka were bowled out for 154 runs. Sri Lanka, however, did a fantastic return by out 128 runs in the second innings. Sri Lanka put the innings ahead with 60 runs in two wickets in the morning. Fernando and Mendis made a positive batting.
He scored 9 runs in the second over of Kagiso Rabada Even after this, no South African bowlers could spoil their goal. and Dale Steyn was put on the attack after 36 runs in the first eight overs of the day. Mendis, who took the highest wicket from South Africa, hit three fours in the first over. Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj was getting a little turn, but the batsmen made good use of the steps against them. His first four overs were 23 runs, including Fernando’s six.
mendis innings
Mendis was rewarded with a personal run of 70 runs when Hashim Amla could not take his catch but then the team needed only 31 runs to win. Victory in Sri Lanka’s series recently is the biggest reversal of cricket history. South Africa had won their last seven series on home soil and had won 16 of their last 19 matches on the ground before losing in Durban. On the other hand, Sri Lanka had lost six Test matches out of seven before drawing South Africa and had drawn a match
