South Africa will bid to keep their hopes to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final next year alive when they begin their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban on Wednesday. Both SA and the Lankans are coming into this series having whitewashed their previous oppositions.
South Africa hammered Bangladesh 2-0 away from home with pacer Kagiso Rabada completing his 300 wickets in Test cricket. While Sri Lanka clobbered New Zealand 2-0 at home before the Black Caps went on to whitewash India earlier this month.
In recent history, the last nine Tests between South Africa and Sri Lanka have been fairly even with South Africa winning 5 and Sri Lanka winning four times. SA will be boosted by the return of their regular Test skipper Temba Bavuma.
Sri Lanka will bank on young in-form batter Kamindu Mendis, who averages 79.25 from nine innings away from home. If Prabath Jayasuriya gets three wickets in Durban – his 17th Test – he will become the joint second-fastest bowler to 100 Test wickets, behind George Lohmann, who made his debut in the 19th century. Among players active since 1950, only Yasir Shah has done it in 17 Tests.
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Here are all the details about South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test…
The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test will take place from Wednesday, November 27.
The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test will be held at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.
The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test Day 1 will begin at 1pm IST. The toss for the match will be held at 1230pm.
The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test will not available LIVE on TV on Sports18 channels in India.
The South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2024 1st Test will be available for livestreaming on Jio Cinema website and app.
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (C), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karuanaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Milan Rathnayake, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Kumara/Vishwa Fernando
