Twitter Reactions: Chandimal and bowlers help Lanka brush aside South Africa in Colombo
Chandimal held his nerves and scored 36 runs to take his team over the finishing line.
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The one-off T20I between Sri Lanka and South Africa turned out to be a low-scoring affair. Nonetheless, there wasn’t any dearth of excitement as both teams fought hard. Eventually, it was the home team which came out trumps by three wickets. The bowlers put the visitors’ batting under the pump following which the batsmen scored the runs with 24 deliveries to spare.
Bowlers strangle the Proteas
The visiting team won the toss and had no hesitation to bat first. The start wasn’t an auspicious one by any means for them as Hashim Amla perished for a four-ball duck to Dhananjaya de Silva. Quinton de Kock promised with four boundaries but succumbed to a run-out. Akila Dananjaya picked up Reeza Hendricks for 19 runs. The captain couldn’t make an impact and was dismissed for three runs.
The Proteas couldn’t garner any momentum in the rest of their innings and were shot out for 98 runs. Moreover, they were bowled out with 20 balls remaining in the innings. The likes of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller threatened, but couldn’t play till the end. Lakshan Sandakan was their most successful bowler with three wickets. De Silva and Dananjaya picked up a couple of wickets each.
Chandimal shepherds Lanka
The run chase was expected to be a doddle. Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis opened the batting, but Perera was nipped out by Kagiso Rabada. The speedster pinned Mendis in the same over to put the home team on the backfoot. Nevertheless, Dinesh Chandimal and de Silva put on 53 runs from 40 balls to bring the Lankans the firm favourites to win the match.
Junior Dala removed de Silva and in the very next over Tabraiz Shansi accounted for the wicket of Angelo Mathews. Dasun Shanaka fell prey to Dala after which Shamsi picked up his second wicket in the form of Thisara Perera. Dananjaya succumbed to the part-time off-breaks of Duminy. In the end, Chandimal held his nerves and scored 36 runs to take his team over the finishing line.
Here is how Twitter reacted
SL held their Nerves and didn't choke , a Victory for the home side. #SLvSA
— srikrishna π (@1998Srikrishna) August 14, 2018
Outstanding win by Sri Lanka. good game of T20I, low scoring matches are always thrilling with great balance between bat and ball. Sri Lanka spinners brilliant and great captaincy by Mathews. DDS's allround brilliance win it for Sri Lanka. #SLvSA #LKA
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) August 14, 2018
#SLvSA π±π°πΏπ¦π pic.twitter.com/UOOqDd5cDw
— Achintha Satellite (@AchinthaSatell) August 14, 2018
They done it. Congrats @OfficialSLC
Well played guys. Tough victory#SLvSA ππ— Udara Madushanka ππ π±π° (@IJust_Thought) August 14, 2018
Finally @OfficialSLC won this game by 3 wickets
Test Series | SL
ODI Series | SA
T20I Series | SL #SLvSA #T20— Hamadullah Sohu (@hsohu) August 14, 2018
Its ok @OfficialCSA atleast you people played much better with that target #SLvSA #ProteaFire
— GOWTHAM SINGH αΆ»α΅Κ³α΅ (@iamjr_SRK) August 14, 2018
Dala is shit bowler . Garbage #SLvSA
— Johar Ali (@ShahMufc) August 14, 2018
Low scoring matches are so interesting! #SLvSA
— Shanujan (@varashan) August 14, 2018
Bloody hell @OfficialSLC knows how to give real heart attacks. ππ #SLvSA
— Ossy Number11 (@OsandaVimu) August 14, 2018
Joke of a batting display! KP, Dan, Dasun all threw their wickets away! Shame! Abysmal ππ Only positive is that it made a match out of this #T20I #SLvSA
— Roshain De Silva (@Roshsha23) August 14, 2018
End of the tour for SA.π₯ #SLvSA
— Layan Moyuraπ±π° (@layanmoyura61) August 14, 2018
Udana Does It #slvsa
— Chatil Panditasekara (@ChatilPandi) August 14, 2018
Both were equally pathetic π
Congratulations @OfficialSLC ππ#SLvSA— Shizaπ» (@im_shiza_) August 14, 2018
Chandimal winning the game for srilanka (which they should hv won easily) #SLvSA
— Murtaza syed (@TweetAliTweet_) August 14, 2018
Congratulations Lions π±π°π#SLvSA #SriLanka pic.twitter.com/wNY3fr0pL8
— Pasindu Vidusara (@vnexmusic) August 14, 2018
After seeing the fully packed crowd at RPS @OfficialSLC team decided to give them a thriller.But an enjoyable one….πππ
Another victory to add to the tally.#SLvSA— Arnold Jenoosan (@arnoldjenoosan) August 14, 2018
Fuck whoever doubted chandimal return to this side. On your face ππ #SLvSA
— Anish Mooen-ali (@ItsAnishM) August 14, 2018
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