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David Miller and Kagiso Rabada inspired South Africa to an exciting, four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super-12, Group 1 encounter.
Needing 14 runs to win off the last over in Sharjah, Miller struck two huge sixes to take the Proteas close to a memorable win, before Rabada edged a boundary off the penultimate delivery to surpass the target of 143 set by Sri Lanka.
After winning the toss, the Proteas elected to put their opponents in to bat, with the South African bowlers doing well to limit the Sri Lankan batters to 142 after 20 overs.
In reply, the South African top-order batters made solid starts, with Quinton de Kock (12), Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen (16) contributing to the scoreboard.
A fourth-wicket partnership between Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram (19) worth 47 runs kept the Proteas in the contest, with captain Bavuma going on to top-score with a run-a-ball 46 (1 four, 1 six), before a Hasaranga de Silva (3/20) hat-trick tipped the game in the favour of Sri Lanka.
De Silva removed Markram, Bavuma and Pretorius (0) to bring Miller and Rabada to the crease.
The win moves the Proteas into third place in Group 1, with a clash against Bangladesh awaiting them on Tuesday.
