Player of the Match : Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka)
14th Match ICC World T20 2014 : Fourteenth game of ICC world t20 2014 was played between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong. Sri Lanka won the match by 5 runs. Kusal Perera declared man of the match for his 61 runs inning of 40 balls.
Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper won the toss and decided to bat first. Sri Lanka could not made batter start and lost TM Dilshan for no score. DPMD Jayawardene also out early. Middle order batsman AD Mathews 43 of 32 balls played well and Sri LAnka managed to put 165 runs on board at the end of 20 overs.
Following target of 166 runs, South Africa started their inning confidently. All top order batsmen got good start but failde to convert their inning for long. SA batsmen kept losing wickets in regular interwals and at the end lost the match by 5 runs.
Thus, Sri Lanka earn 2 important points in the points tally of ICC world t20 2014. Kusal Perera declared man of the match for his quick inning of 61 runs of just 40 balls. |