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Sri Lanka stumble in T20 World Cup opener vs South Africa, record their lowest ever T20I total

Sri Lanka stumble in T20 World Cup opener vs South Africa, record their lowest ever T20I total

Sri Lanka's previous lowest total had come against India in 2016, when they stumbled out for 82 in Visakhapatnam.

Sri Lanka vs South Africa was supposed to be the biggest clash of the T20 World Cup so far. A team with mystery spinners and slingly pacers going against big hitters and fearless pacers. You would expect a nail-biting finish, much like Namibia vs Oman. Instead, we saw Wanindu Hasaranga’s side succumb to just 77 runs, their lowest-ever total in T20I cricket. 

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Four of their batters, including skipper Hasaranga and Sadeera Samarawickrama, scored ducks. Kusal Mendis ended up as their high run-scorer (19), as only three of their batters recorded a double-digit score. However, the worst stat that came out of their thrashing at the hands of Protean bowlers was the fact that none of their batters had a strike rate of over 100. 

Sri Lanka’s lowest ever T20I total

Naturally, this is also Sri Lanka’s lowest T20 World Cup score as well. They had managed to put just 87 runs on the board against Australia at the 2010 T20 World Cup, and for 14 years, that had been their worst batting performance at the mega-event. But this humiliation from Aiden Markram and co. has definitely surpassed the Bridgetown embarrassment. 

ScoreOversRROpponentVenueDate
7719.14.01South AfricaNew York3 Jun 2024
8218.04.55IndiaVisakhapatnam14 Feb 2016
8716.25.32AustraliaBridgetown9 May 2010
8716.05.43IndiaCuttack20 Dec 2017
9118.54.83EnglandSouthampton26 Jun 2021
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