As Sri Lanka and South Africa are always tough rivals, we always enjoy Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20I battles at any venue.
During the ICC World T20 2012, Sri Lanka and South Africa finally first time met in T20I format (at Hambantota on 22nd September 2012). South Africa won that shortened Group Stage match by 32 runs.
Here we have brought major head-to-head records of Sri Lanka vs South Africa in the T20I format.
Contents
Sri Lanka vs South Africa in T20Is
Last 5 matches
Overall Head-to-Head
Head-to-Head: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Head-to-Head: In countries
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (matches results)
Head-to-Head: Bilateral series (series results)
Head-to-Head: T20 World Cup
Head-to-Head: Teams’ Records [Highest totals, Lowest completed totals, Largest victories (by runs), Largest victories (by wickets)]
Head-to-Head: Players’ Records (Highest individual scores, Most runs, Best bowling figures, Most wickets)
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Head to Head (T20I records)
SL vs SA: Last 5 matches
Date | Competition | Stage | Venue | Winner | Win Margin |
30/10/2021 | T20 World Cup | Group (Super 12) | Sharjah | South Africa
| 4 wickets |
14/09/2021
| Bilateral Series | 3rd of 3-match series | Colombo (RPS) | South Africa
| 10 wickets
|
12/09/2021 | Bilateral Series | 2nd of 3-match series | Colombo (RPS) | South Africa | 9 wickets |
10/09/2021 | Bilateral Series | 1st of 3-match series | Colombo (RPS) | South Africa | 28 runs |
24/03/2019 | Bilateral Series | 3rd of 3-match series | Johannesburg | South Africa | 45 runs |
SL vs SA: Overall Head to Head
Matches | SL won | SA won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | SL won | SA won | ||||
17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SL vs SA: Batting 1st vs Batting 2nd
Status | Matches | SL won | SA won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | SL won | SA won | |||||
Batting 1st | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Batting 2nd | 4 | 4 | |||||
SL vs SA: In Countries
Host Country | Matches | SL won | SA won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | SL won | SA won | |||||
South Africa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UAE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SL vs SA: Bilateral series (matches results)
Host Country | Matches | SL won | SA won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | SL won | SA won | |||||
South Africa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SL vs SA: Bilateral series (series results)
Host Country | Series | SL won | SA won | Drawn |
South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
SL vs SA: T20 World Cup
Matches | SL won | SA won | Tied | No Result | ||
Overall | SL won | SA won | ||||
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SL vs SA: Teams’ Records (Top 3)
Highest totals | Lowest completed totals | Largest victories (by runs) | Largest victories (by wickets) | ||||
SL | SA | SL | SA | SL | SA | SL | SA |
170/5 | 198/2 | 103/9 | 98 | 5 | 45 | 6 | 10 |
165/7 | 180/3 | 103 | 113 | - | 32 | 5 | 9 |
164/4 | 169/5 | 120/8 | 115/6 | - | 28 | 3 | 8 |
Also Read | Australia vs Sri Lanka Head to Head in T20I
SL vs SA: Players’ Records (Top 3)
(Batters)
Highest individual scores | Most runs | ||
SL | SA | SL | SA |
Isuru Udana (84*) | Faf du Plessis (85) | Dinesh Chandimal (197) | Reeza Hendricks (322) |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (74*) | Dwaine Pretorius (77*) | Niroshan Dickwella (191) | Quinton de Kock (272) |
Pathum Nissanka (72) | Reeza Hendricks (66) | Kusal Perera (173) | JP Duminy (262) |
(Bowlers)
Best bowling figures | Most wickets | ||
SL | SA | SL | SA |
Lakshan Sandakan (4/23) | Lungi Ngidi (4/19) | Nuwan Kulasekara (10) | Imran Tahir (14) |
Isuru Udana (3/13) | Andile Phehlukwayo (4/24) | Lakshan Sandakan (8) | Tabraiz Shamsi (11) |
Sachithra Senanayake (3/14) | Tabraiz Shamsi (3/17) | Sachithra Senanayake (7) | Dale Steyn (8) |
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