South Africa and Sri Lanka will go head to head against each other in the 4th Match of the Cricket World Cup 2023. The match is scheduled to take place on 7th October at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Temba Bavuma will lead the South Africa side while Dasun Shanaka will be captaining Sri Lanka in this World Cup.
Let’s take a look at the head to head record between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
South Africa has an upper hand over Sri Lanka when it comes to head to head records. They have played 80 ODIs against each other out of which the Proteas have won 45 matches while Sri Lanka won 33 times.
Sri Lanka has won more matches at the home grounds while South Africa has dominated Sri Lanka in South Africa and at neutral venues as well.
Matches | SA Won | SL Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 80 | 45 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
In South Africa | 33 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
In Sri Lanka | 27 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
Neutral Venue | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka has been part of the World Cup since the first edition in 1975 whereas South Africa made its debut in the 1992 edition. Both the teams have faced each other 6 times so far and South Africa got the upper edge with 4 wins while Sri Lanka has won once only. 1 match has ended in a tie.
Matches | SA Won | SL Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Cricket World Cup (ODI) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |