South Africa’s Faf Duplessis is one run away from his maiden double century. Duplessis was dismissed for 199 in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Duplessis caught Dimuth Karunaratne off Wahindu Hazarenka.
Duplessis’ batting prowess helped South Africa to a 621-run victory over Sri Lanka. Proteas also took a 225-run first innings lead against Sri Lanka’s 396. Dean Elgar (95), Tempa Bauma (71), Keshav Maharaj (73) and Aidam Markram (68) were the main contributors to South Africa’s score. Batting first in the second innings, Sri Lanka lost two wickets for 65 runs. Sri Lanka are currently 160 runs short of South Africa’s first innings score.
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Dinesh Chandimal was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 85 runs. Dhananjaya D’Silva (79), Dasun Shanaka (66) and Niroshan Dickwella (49) also shone. Lutho Simpala took 4 wickets for South Africa and Wahindu Hasaranga took 4 wickets for Sri Lanka. Three Sri Lankan players were injured during the match. Therefore, only 8 people go down to bat.
Story Highlights – Faf Du Plessis misses his maiden double century by just 1 run
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