The Group 2 teams South Africa would take on Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup 14th Match Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong on Saturday March 22, 2014. South Africa vs Sri Lanka T20 Match Schedule to be begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT).
Online Broadcasting Channels:
Sky Sports (UK), Fox Sports (Australia), Super Sport (South Africa), BTV (Bangladesh), PTV Sports (Pakistan), Star India (India), SLBC (Sri Lanka), ESPN3 (USA). Some of the other Asian countries can watch the India v Pakistan match like this. Afghanistan viewers can tune in to Lemar TV while Sri Lankan fans can also watch the game on CSN. Bangladesh TV, Maasranga TV and Gazi TV will broadcast the encounter in Bangladesh.
South Africa:
South Africa, who may find themselves without the services of Faf du Plessis and Dale Steyn, will face a confident Sri Lanka. The Proteas, who may find themselves without the services of T20I skipper Faf du Plessis and pace-spearhead Dale Steyn, will need the rest of the line-up to make up for the absence of these two key players. South Africa has won the both warm-up matches against Bangladesh A and Pakistan team. They have a very good batting line up and have strong middle order batsmen’s. Middle orders F Behardien and JA Morkel played well against Bangladesh, the openers HM Amla & Q de Kock played well against Pakistan in the warm-up matches.
Key Players:
South Africa have the world strongest fast bowlers, they restricted pakistan with 72 runs in the Warm-up match. M Morkel and LL Tsotsobe are the key players of today’s match. In batting the experience AB de Villiers, Amla & JP Duminy are the keyplayers.
Sri Lanka:
The Asia Cup Winner Sri Lanka will be going into the game with a lot of confidence, having been in the country for the past two months and remaining unbeaten in all three formats. They beat India by 5 runs and they lost the 2nd warm-up match against West Indies. The well experience DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara and TM Dilshan are the plus points for Sri Lanka team. They have very good striking batsmen’s as a middle order. Especially NLTC Perera who have 148.29 strike rate in the T20 format. Sri Lanka will be hoping for a solid performance from the batsmen against a quality South African pace-attack.
Key Players:
Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara will be the key pacemen in the Sri Lankan attack while skipper Chandimal will also be hoping for Mathews and Perera to support them. Lasith Malinga is the key player today who restricts the opponents in the depth over’s with great yorkers. In batting Dilsan, Jayawardene and Sangakkara are the key players.
World T20, 14th Match, Group 1: South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Chittagong, Mar 22, 2014
Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)
South Africa Squad
F du Plessis*, HM Amla, F Behardien, Q de Kock†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, BE Hendricks, Imran Tahir, DA Miller, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe
Sri Lanka Squad
LD Chandimal*, SL Malinga, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
Match Info:
Match: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 14th Match Group 1 , T20 WC 2014
Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2014
Start Time: 9:30 AM GMT
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Rod Tucker, S Ravi
3rd Umpire: Aleem Dar
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath