SA vs SL: South Africa beats Sri Lanka, becomes number 1 in WTC by defeating Australia

South Africa has defeated Sri Lanka in the second Test. It defeated them by 109 runs at St. George's ground. With this, South Africa has won this two-match Test series 2-0. Temba Bavuma's team had set a target of 348 runs, in response to which Sri Lanka could score only 238 runs. With this victory, South Africa has also won the race for the World Test Championship. It has defeated Australia and captured the number-1 position in the points table.

This match was very important for South Africa from the WTC point of view. During this, many players of the team performed brilliantly and played an important role. While defending 347 runs, Keshav Maharaj bowled brilliantly and took 5 wickets for 76 runs in 25 overs. Kagiso Rabada and Dan Pietersen took 2-2 wickets. At the same time, Marco Jansen took 1 wicket. In the first innings, Pietersen took 5 wickets and helped in taking a lead of 30 runs. He took 7 wickets in the entire match. For this, he was also selected as the Player of the Match.

Apart from the bowlers of South Africa, the batsmen also did their job well. Captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and batted first. During this, Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne scored centuries. Captain Bavuma himself scored a half-century, on the basis of which his team was able to score a big score of 358 runs in the first innings.

In response, Sri Lanka could score 328 runs. Then in the second innings too, thanks to the fifties of captain Bavuma and Aiden Markram, South Africa scored 317 runs. With the help of a lead of 30 runs in the first innings, they gave a target of 348 runs. After this, Sri Lanka's team was bowled out for a score of 238 and they won the match and the series.

South Africa reached the top

This victory has benefited South Africa a lot. Now it has moved from second to first position in the WTC points table. It has defeated Australia within 24 hours and has worn the number-1 crown on its head. South Africa now has 63.33 percentage points with 6 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw in 10 matches. Now to reach the final, it has to win the next two matches against Pakistan. Australia's winning percentage has increased from 57.69 to 60.71. It is at number two. The Indian team is at number three with 57.29 percentage points and Sri Lanka is at number four with 45.45 percentage points. Let us tell you that the rest of the teams are out of this race.