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Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2020-21: SA beat SL by an innings and 45 runs in 1st test at Centurion and take the lead of 1-0 with one more test to go.

1st Test
Game Date: 26th Dec-30th Dec 2020
Result: SA won the test by an innings and 45 runs
Man of the Match: Faf du Plessis

Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.

Day 1.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss in the 1st test against South Africa and decided to bat first at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

Sri Lanka scored 340/6 on the day 1 stumps against South Africa. All thanks to fifties from Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva. But bad news for Sri Lanka is Dhananjaya de Silva has retired hurt on 79* having pulled up after a quick single and will not be able to play for about 2 weeks.

SL: 340/6 on day 1 stumps

Day 2.
Sri Lanka bowled out for 396 in their first innings. Dinesh Chandimal scored 85 runs and Dhananjaya de Silvascored 79* runs. For South Africa debutant Lutho Sipamla picks 4 wickets.

South Africa scored 317/4 in their first innings at the end of day 2 stumps. Faf du Plesis and Temba Bavuma have seized momentum back for South Africa with an unbeaten 97-run partnership.

SL: 396
SA : 317/4 at the day 2 stumps

Stats
– 396 is their highest Test score in South Africa.

Day 3.
South Africa bowled out for massive total of 621 runs in their first innings and gets a big lead of 225 runs. Faf du Plessis scored 199 runs and Dean Elgar scored 95 runs. For Sri Lanka Wanindu Hasaranga picks 4 wickets.

Sri Lanka scored 65/2 at the end of day 3. Kusal Perera and Dinesh Chandimal see Sri Lanka to the close after a pair of early wickets.

SL: 396 and 65/2
SA: 621 at the end of day 3 stumps

Stats
Batters who have been dismissed for 199 in Test cricket:

Pakistan Muddasar Nazar
India Muhammad Azharuddin
Australia Matthew Elliott
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya
Australia Steve Waugh
Pakistan Younis Khan
England Ian Bell
Australia Steve Smith
India KL Rahul
South Africa Dean Elgar
South Africa Faf du Plessis*

Day 4.
South Africa won the 1st test by an innings and 45 runs against Sri Lanka after bowled out them for 180 runs in their 2nd innings. Kusal Perera scored 64 runs and Wanindu Hasaranga scored 59 runs. For South Africa Ngidi, Nortje, Mulder and Sipamla picks 2 wickets each.

SL: 396 and 180
SA: 621

That’s all from this 1st test and hope you will like this information and we will back with all the details of 2nd and final test match. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website

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