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South Africa beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in T20 World Cup

GreenWatch Desk Cricket 2024-06-04, 12:00am

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South Africa beat Sri Lanka by sixwickets in the teams' opening Group D match of the T20 World Cup in New York onMonday.

Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje took a remarkable four wickets for justseven runs as Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 77 -- their lowest T20 total.
But South Africa lost early wickets as they too struggled to time the ballbefore the big-hitting Heinrich Klaasen (19 not out) saw them to victory with22 balls to spare, reports BSS.