Sri Lanka win over South Africa by 78 runs to victory the ODI series by 2-1

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The 3rd match of the ODI series between Sri Lanka and South Africa was played yesterday at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, in which Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 78 runs, and with this victory also won this series by 2-1.

Sri Lanka won the toss and option to bat first, Sri Lanka batted the scored 209 runs after losing 9 wickets in predictable 50 over, Sri Lanka started the inning not very well, Charith Asalanka played a brilliant inning of 47 runs in 71 balls, Dhananjaya de Silva 31 off 44, Dushmantha Chameera 29 off 39, Chamika Karunaratne 16 off 39, Kamindu Mendis 16 off 29, Dasun Shanaka 13 off 12, Avishka Fernando 10 off 18, Dinesh Chandimal 9 off 12, Wanindu Hasaranga 6 off 10, Mahesh Theekshana remains unbeaten for 10 off 26, and Praveen Jayawickrama also remains unbeaten for 2 runs. In this way, Sri Lanka batted first after winning the toss scored 203 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in a predictable 50 over, and set a target of 204 runs for South Africa.

South Africa bowlers, Keshav Maharaj took 3 wickets for 38 runs, George Linde and Tabraiz Shamsi took 2-2 wickets, Tabraiz Shamsi and Tabraiz Shamsi got 1-1 wicket.

South Africa chasing 204 in the second inning, the entire team dismissed just for 125 runs in 30 overs, South Africa started the inning very badly, lost 6 wickets in just 54 runs, Janneman Malan dismissed for 18 runs in 19 balls, Aiden Markram 2 runs, Reeza Hendricks 1 run, Rassie van der Dussen 5 runs, Wiaan Mulder 2 runs, Heinrich Klaasen dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 30 balls, after that Andile Phehlukwayo and George Linde handled the inning for a while, the seventh wicket has gone in 90 runs, Andile Phehlukwayo dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 36 balls, next batsman Kagiso Rabada came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 8 runs as eighth wicket, followed by Keshav Maharaj came to bat, menwhile the ninth wicket also fell for 102 runs, George Linde dismissed after scoring 18 runs in 24 balls, last batsman Tabraiz Shamsi came to bat, and played well for a while with Keshav Maharaj, the last wicket has gone in 125 runs, Keshav Maharaj dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 17 balls, and Tabraiz Shamsi remians unbeaten for 9 runs in 19 balls. In this way, South Africa chasing 204 in the second inning, the entire team all-out just for 125 runs in 30 overs, and lost the match by a big margin of 78 runs, and with this lost also lost the series by 2-1.

Sri Lankan bowler Maheesh Theekshana performed very brilliantly took 4 wickets just for 37 runs, Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga took 2-2 wickets, Praveen Jayawickrama, and Charith Asalanka got 1-1 wicket.

Sri Lankan all-rounder Dushmantha Chameera was selected for the best player of the Match, he performed brilliant bowling as well also in batting, scored 29 runs in 39 balls, and took 2 wickets for 16 runs.
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