Chittagong: Sri Lanka won a really thrilling encounter against South Africa by 5 runs with the help of some excellent death bowling.
Opener Kusal Perera smashed 61 to steer Sri Lanka to five-run win over South Africa in a tight contest in its World Twenty 20 opener on Saturday.
Here is the scorecard of the match:
Sri Lanka Innings:
Kusal Perera c de Villiers b Tahir 61
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Steyn 0
Mahela Jayawardene c Steyn b Morkel 9
Kumar Sangakkara c Tsotsobe b Tahir 14
Angelo Mathews b Steyn 43
Dinesh Chandimal st de Kock b Tahir 12
Thisara Perera b Morkel 8
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 7
Sachitra Senanayake not out 1
Extras: (3lb,7w) 10.
TOTAL: (seven wickets) 165.
Overs: 20.
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-42, 3-83, 4-106, 5-137, 6-152, 7-160.
Did not bat: Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.
Bowling: Dale Steyn 4-0-37-2 (2w), Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4-0-31-0 (1w), Morne Morkel 4-0-31-2 (1w), JP Dumini 2-0-13-0 (1w), Albie Morkel 2-0-24-0 (2w), Imran Tahir 4-0-26-3.
South Africa Innings:
Quinton de Kock b Malinga 25
Hashim Amla c Dilshan b Senanayake 23
JP Duminy c Dilshan b Senanayake 39
AB de Villiers c Sangakkara b Mathews 24
David Miller run out 19
Albie Morkel c Chandimal b Mendis 12
Farhaan Behardien c Jayawardene b Kulasekara 5
Dale Steyn run out 0
Morne Morkel not out 0
Imran Tahir not out 8
Extras: (3lb,2w) 5.
TOTAL: (eight wickets) 160.
Overs: 20.
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-82, 3-110, 4-119, 5-133, 6-148, 7-151, 8-152.
Did not bat: Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Bowling: Nuwan Kulasekara 3-0-23-1, Angelo Mathews 3-0-21-1 (1w), Sachitra Senanayake 4-0-22-2, Lasith Malinga 4-0-29-1, Thisara Perera 2-0-18-0, Ajantha Mendis 4-0-44-1.
Umpire: S Ravi, India, and Rod Tucker, Australia.
TV umpire: Aleem Dar, Pakistan. Match referee: Javagal Srinath, India.221317 GMT Mar 14
Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and elected to bat first in its first match against South Africa in the ICC World Twenty 20 on Saturday.
