The fourth match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 will be played between Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Nassau Stadium in New York on Monday, June 3, 2024. The match starts at 8:00 pm IST.
Toss update: Sri Lanka wins toss and bat first.
Sri Lanka has a good history in terms of opening games of the World Cups. Sri Lanka have won six of their eight opening matches, including four of their last five.
It will be an opening match of Group D teams and will certainly decide the table topper as these two giants are considered top favorites of Group D.
SL vs SA TV telecast and live-streaming
The TV broadcast of this match in India will be on Star Sports and live stream on Disney plus Hotstar.
Viewers in Sri Lanka can watch the match live on Maharaja TV with a live stream on Sirasatv.
Pakistan fans can watch the match live on PT Sports and Ten Sports with a live stream on the PTV Official website and Tamasha.web.
This would be a huge opportunity for both teams as their past performance in the respective format has not been up to the mark, hence this match will help them to gain momentum for the rest of the tournament.
Sri Lanka, as well as South Africa both the teams, have a potent batting line-up and hence it would be a great clash to witness, whereas the spin department of Sri Lanka is said to be In great form but will the pitch allow their form to contribute would be a great question.
Regarding T20I, the South African team has lost nine out of their 11 last matches played, whereas, for Sri Lanka, the case has been a bit different as they’ve won their T20I bilaterals but were not able to continue their performances in the ICC tournaments lately.
Head to heads (SL vs SA)
Out of 17 T20I played between these two teams, South Africa has clearly shown their dominance by winning 12 out of it, but Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 2014 and has been runner-up twice in the same format.
Pitch & weather
The pitch has been predicted to be bowling-friendly and especially for fast bowlers the pitch could provide an extra bounce, batting will not be an easy task on this pitch but the correct score would not be anything below 180/185.
Weather in New York seems to be partly cloudy and there would be no chance for any drizzle or rain.
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