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The hosts displayed an incredible performance, particularly in the spin attack. After scoring 203, SL gave SA a tough time with their bowling. Credit goes to the mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana, become the first Sri Lankan bowler to take five wickets in an ODI appearance. It is obvious that he is well-versed in bowling. Despite being young, Sri Lanka's squad is capable of competing against any team. Sri Lanka performed exceptionally well after a while.
Sri Lanka had some of their terrible performance in recent series and South Africa is struggling against Sri Lanka which shows how weak South Africa has become. Earlier they are a tough team to beat in any conditions but the present team does not have the caliber of players that could carry the team and they needed only 204 runs to win the match and yet lost the match by a huge margin.
I understand the pitch was difficult to bat but still if they are able to rotate the strike and take the match closer but they failed miserably.