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SL vs SA T20WC 2024: Sri Lanka and South Africa will meet each other on Monday 3rd June at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The 2024 T20 World Cup group stage match 4 between SL and SA will start at 8 pm
Sri Lanka and South Africa were one of the top eight teams in the previous T20 World Cup edition in 2022. Sri Lanka became the T20 World Cup Champion in the 2014 edition by defeating India in the Final at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Bangladesh.
Whereas South Africa hasn’t won any T20 World Cup in the tournament history. One of the top teams Proteas has not even made it to the T20 World Cup Final yet. Ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup group stage match 4, South Africa will lock horns with Sri Lanka in New York.
We Fantasy Khiladi looked further into both the Sri Lanka and South Africa teams’ best players’ records. We have 3 batters vs bowlers and key player battles to watch out for in today’s T20WC 2024 match 4.
Let’s look at the SL vs SA records and stats for the upcoming 2024 T20WC match 4 in the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 Head-to-Head Records
Sri Lanka and South Africa met each other in 17 T20 International Cricket. Out of 17 games, Sri Lanka only became the winner in 5 matches and South Africa came out the winner in 12 games.
Let’s have a look at Key players’ records for the SL vs SA ahead of T20 2024 match 4.
SL vs SA Player Head-to-Head Battle (T20) & Player Stats
Sri Lanka and South Africa battled in 4 T20 World Cup games. Out of four matches, Sri Lanka only won 1 game while South Africa became victorious in the rest of the games.
Let’s check out some of the key players of both SL and SA batters vs bowlers’ records ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024
Top 3 Key Player Battle Between SL vs SA Match 4 of T20 World Cup 2024
1. Quinton de Kock vs Maheesh Theekshana
South Africa’s wicketkeeper batter Quinton de Kock is one of the destructive batters on the team. De Kock has bagged 2341 runs in his 83 T20I games career. For the upcoming SL vs SA T20 World Cup 2024 match Quinton de Kock will face Maheesh Theekshana at Nassau. Both Quinton and Maheesh have only faced each other in 4 T20 International games. However, one of the leading wicket-takers Maheesh Theekshana hasn’t dismissed Quinton in while conceding 48 runs in 40 balls.
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| 2021 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84.6 |
| 2021 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 126.7 |
| Total | 48 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 120 |
2. Aiden Markram vs Matheesha Pathirana
Protease opener Aiden Markram who previously was an interim captain has been announced permanent and will lead his team in the T20 World Cup 2024 tournament. Matheesha Pathirana who has impressed everyone in the Indian Premier League is Sri Lanka’s top pacer. Ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup Pathirana got its spot in the 15-men squad and will tackle Markram for the first time in the T20 International game.
3. Kusal Mendis vs Kagiso Rabada
Last but not least, we have Kusal Mendis and Kagiso Rabada for the Sri Lanka vs South Africa key player battle in the T20 World Cup 2024. Both Kusal Mendis and Kagiso Rabda are top players and have faced each other in 2 T20 International games. SA pacer Kagiso Rabada has a brilliant record against Kusal Mendis dismissing him 2 times while conceding 1 run in 5 balls.
| Year | Runs | Balls | Outs | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
So these are our top 3 SL vs SA key player battles to watch out in today’s T20WC 2024 match.
