Twitter Reactions: South Africa defeat Sri Lanka in a one sided encounter

South Africa took on Sri Lanka in a dead rubber since both the teams had already crashed out of the tournament. At the Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi, the Proteas captain Faf du Plessis won the toss as he chose to field first. South Africa brought in Dale Steyn, Aaron Phangiso and Rilee Rossouw while Sri Lanka had Shehan Jayasuriya and Suranga Lakmal coming in.

Sri Lanka began strongly with 45 runs in just 4.4 overs. But as Chandimal 21 (20) got out, the Lankan middle order faltered as they were all out for just 120 failing to last even the quota of 20 overs. Dilshan top scored with 36 (40) as the Lankans lacked to show any firepower. Phangiso, Abbott and Behardien, all took two wickets apiece while a couple accounted to run-out.

South Africa lost Quinton de Kock early but Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis carried on smoothly as they took South Africa to a winning position. Du Plessis became a victim of an umpiring howler but the Delhi crowd was pleased to see de Villiers bat. Amla scored a superb half century as South Africa won the game comfortably by 8 wickets with 14 balls to spare.

Aaron Phangiso was rightly declared the man of the match for his superb bowling which led to the Sri Lankan batting collapse. Both teams will now head home after failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Twitteraties surprisingly took much interest in the no contest game and put up some hilarious and enthralling tweets.

Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the South Africa v Sri Lanka game:

Sri Lanka in Asia Cup, finished ahead of UAE.
Sri Lanka in World T20, finished ahead of Afghanistan.#Respect

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/714500245493833728

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/714498566354571266

De Villiers finished the match with a six in probably his last international game in India #SAvSL

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) March 28, 2016

South African coach's role should be to convince the players that they have been knocked out of the WC before each match #SAvSL

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) March 28, 2016

Pic 1: South Africa in no-pressure World Cup matches.
Pic 2: South Africa in pressure World Cup matches. pic.twitter.com/mCR7ULSMTw

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 28, 2016

50 up for Amla, and 1000 T20I runs to boot! 22 needed from 24.
LIVE: https://t.co/k8YgInRGtG #SAvSL #WT20 pic.twitter.com/LK1sC2GKqr

— ICC (@ICC) March 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/holdingwilley/status/714494971194306562

Faf du Plessis becomes the 2nd player after MS Dhoni to score 1000 runs as captain in T20Is. #SAvSL #WT20 pic.twitter.com/yvGb9AGh2n

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 28, 2016

Even umpire S Ravi wanted to see AB De Villiers bat. #SAvSL

— Psycho (@i_Psycho) March 28, 2016

That decision is a straight-out shocker. Massive edge, hit him outside the line anyway. Umpires just keen to get AB in for the local fans?

— Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) March 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/714492435292954624

How a team handles transition is a reflection of how robust their domestic cricket structure is… #SL might just struggle a lot more #WT20

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 28, 2016

Hashim Amla averages more than 70 and has a strike rate of more than 145 in 7 T20I innings in 2016. #SAvSL #WT20

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 28, 2016

Delhi crowd would have beaten the Umpire if he didn't give it out

— Croc (@ballburnisher) March 28, 2016

Dale Steyn – number 1 ranked bowler – that counts

ABDev – number 36 ranked batsman in T20is – that doesnt count..#ProteaMaths #wt20 #sa

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) March 28, 2016

Sri Lanka will get wooden spoon if South Africa chase the target (121) in 15 overs. #WT20

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 28, 2016

de Kock runs out Amla last game, runs himself out today.

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 28, 2016

The defending champions are playing one of the pre-tournament favourites. Take out the context and it becomes a drag! #SAvsSL

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 28, 2016

We play like this when there is no presuare,eish My proteas lmao #SAvSL

— DESI (@DesiganR) March 28, 2016

Seems like the proteas just realized that spin works in India ? #SAvSL

— Floki (@XFuxTheSpot) March 28, 2016

A message to South Africa and Sri Lanka #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/a0AaEyqMpc

— InGenious (@Bees_Kut) March 28, 2016

Fewest runs scored in a #WT20 by Top order batsmen:
12 – Nazimuddin, 2007
12 – S Jayasuriya, 2010
14 – L THIRIMANNE, 2016
20 – S Raina, 2009

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 28, 2016

This Thirimanne really is good…for the opposition.. #SAvSL #WT20

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) March 28, 2016

Chandimal at the #WT20: 18(17), 16(18), 1(3), 21(20). Eats up a lot of balls, doesn't go on & scores only @ 100. #SL

— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) March 28, 2016