Guwahati News Desk: Chasing a target of 143, David Miller (23 off 13 balls) and Kagiso Rabada (13 off 7) added 34 off 15 balls for South Africa to attain victory with just a ball to spare.
The match took place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, on Saturday.
In Saturday’s match, it was David Miller’s two last-over sixes that powered South Africa to a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
Following Miller, Kagiso Rabada then edged one past the keeper for four to seal South African’s victory with just one ball to spare.
On the other hand, although Sri Lanka was off to a sluggish start after being put in to bat. Tabraiz Shamsi’s triple strikes within a span of five overs, reduced Sri Lanka to 92/5 in 14 overs.
In addition, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka helped the team to post 142 against South Africa in Sharjah.
The players of team Sri Lanka included of Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera (wk), Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara and Maheesh Theekshana.
The players of team South Africa included of Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Reeza Hendricks, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi.
Eventually, the final score of the match between Sri Lanka and South Africa mounted up to Sri Lanka ‘s being 142 (20) and South Africa’s being 146/6 (19.5).
Furthermore, it was Tabraiz Shamsi who was titled as the “Player of the Match”.
Regarding the match between England and Australia, team England beat Australia by 8 wickets, and registered their third consecutive victory of the T20 World Cup 2021 tournament.
The match took place at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing a target of 126 runs, Jos Buttler and Jason Roy started well with their opening stand of 66 runs. Buttler finished the contest unbeaten on 71 off 32 balls, which included five fours and the same number of maximums.
Earlier in the evening after being invited to bat first, the Australian team got off to a terrible start with Chris Woakes wreaking havoc with the new ball.
In addition, the Australian skipper Aaron Finch, who managed to fetch 44 of 49 balls, emerged as the leading run-scorer from his side.
Meanwhile, Chris Jordan was the standout bowler from team England, finishing his four overs quota with three wickets.
The players of team England included of Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk/vc), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid and Tymal Mills.
The players of team Australia included of David Warner, Aaron Finch (c), Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins (vc), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.
Eventually, the final score of the match between England and Australia mounted up to England’s being 126/2 (11.4) and Australia’s being 125 (20).
Furthermore, it was Chris Jordan who was titled as the “Player of the Match”.
