SA vs SL 1st Test: South Africa beat Sri Lanka as Bavuma-Stubbs rise heroes, when is the next match?

New Delhi: The first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka was played in Durban. In this match, Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 233 runs. After the third day’s play, South Africa had given Sri Lanka a target of 516 runs to win. But the Sri Lankan team could score only 282 runs while chasing. Temba Bavuma and Stubbs played brilliant centuries in the second innings for South Africa.
South Africa had scored 191 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team could score only 42 runs in the first innings. Fast bowler Marco Jansen took 7 wickets against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka lost half the match from here. In the second innings, Stubbs completed his century in 183 balls for South Africa. In his century innings, he hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. Temba Bavuma completed his century in 202 balls. In this way, South Africa scored 366 runs in the second innings and gave Sri Lanka a target of 516 runs.
When the Sri Lankan team came out to chase the target in the first innings, they lost wickets very quickly. Opener Pathum Nissanka scored 23 and Dimuth Karunaratne scored 4 runs. Nissanka was dismissed by Koetje while Karunaratne was dismissed by Rabada. Dinesh Chandimal played a brilliant innings of 83 runs. He was bowled by Cotton on the ball of Gerald Koetje. Marco Jansen took 4 wickets in the second innings. He took a total of 11 wickets in the match. Sri Lanka could score only 282 runs on the fourth day of play and had to face defeat in the first test.
South Africa has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The next match will now be played from December 5. This match will be played at St. George’s Park. Sri Lanka’s team will try to win the next match and tie the series. This will help them in the points table of the World Test Championship. There have been some changes in the points table after South Africa’s victory.