Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd T20 Prediction & Betting Tips
Sri Lanka and South Africa meet in the second of three IT20s on Sunday evening. The visitors won the opening game of the series by 28 runs on Friday night after restricting Sri Lanka to 135-6 in reply to South Africa’s 163-5. Read on as we preview the middle IT20 of the series. The match begins at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo at 20:00 local time.
Sri Lanka were competitive in the defeat to South Africa on Friday. However, with a couple of additional players producing with the bat they will be in with a shot of victory in this game.
South Africa showed they are a far stronger outfit with Quinton de Kock and David Miller in their side. They will be very confident of going 2-0 up in the series.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st T20 Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on the Sony Sports Network in India and on Super Sports in South Africa.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on the Sony Liv app.
SL vs SA Match Toss Prediction
In recent months, teams who have won the toss have opted to bat first in Colombo. We expect more of the same in this match.
SL vs SA Pitch Report
South Africa’s winning total of 163-5 was above par and anything over 155 should guarantee a win this time around. The spinners will once again enjoy the surface at the R.Premadasa Stadium.
Weather Report
Partly cloudy and humid with the temperature staying at 28 degrees during the evening.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd T20
Sri Lanka Team News & Playing 11
SL Team News
The home side gave an IT20 debut to off-spinner Makeesh Theekshana who took the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen in Friday’s match. Dinesh Chandimal impressed at the top of the order and with the gloves. We expect to see the same XI on show in this match.
SL Key Players
- Dinesh Chandimal- the experienced keeper-batsman hit his highest IT20 score of 66 not out on Friday. It was the sixth time he has gone beyond 50 in this format.
- Charith Asalanka- the impressive international newcomer made only 6 in the opening game but has been in fantastic form since his debut in England a couple of months ago.
- Wanindu Hasaranga- as expected, the leg-spinner caused the South African batters constant problems, took wickets and kept the run-rate down to a healthy amount.
After successive wins over India to win the last series, Friday’s defeat ends that little run. However, they are in good form and have progressed as a team over recent months.
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing 11
Avishka Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dhananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
SA Team News
Friday’s win was a real team effort with no player hitting a half-century and five different players all picking up wickets. Kagiso Rabada the only South African who bowled to go wicketless. It was a convincing win and we expect to see no changes in the South Africa XI.
SA Key Players
- Quinton de Kock- the left-handed wicket-keeper batsman got his side off to a solid start with 36 from 32 balls including 4 boundaries.
- David Miller- the middle-order batsman lived up to his reputation with the best strike-rate on his side on Friday, He hit 26 from 15 balls in his innings.
- Keshav Maharaj- the stand-in skipper added a win to his CV and not only led the side but returned the best bowling figures of the team.
South Africa have now won their last five games in this format. Irrespective of the opposition, that is the kind of form that each team wants to be in ahead of the T20 World Cup.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj (c),Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Head to Head
South Africa have stretched their lead to 3 games over Sri Lanka in this format.
SL vs SA Head to Head Stats in T20
| Matches Played |
SL Won |
SA Won |
Tie |
NR |
| 14 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Betting Odds
The bookies are backing South Africa to make it 2-0 in the IT20 series.
Who will win Sri Lanka vs South Africa 2nd T20?
Dinesh Chandimal was the top run scorer in Friday’s IT20 but South Africa had the most useful contributions with four players scoring between 26 and 48.
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Betting Rate
🏆 Sri Lanka vs South Africa Prediction
South Africa produced the more rounded team performance in Colombo on Friday and we expect them to do the same in the second IT20. Wanindu Hasaranga will no doubt cause problems again but we are backing South Africa’s stronger batting depth to be the difference as they take an unassailable 2-0 lead.
Sep 12, 2021
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
R. Premadasa Stadium - Colombo, Sri Lanka
SL vs SA 2nd T20 
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