The Sri Lankan captain did decide to bat first after winning the toss, but the Sri Lankan opener pair could not use that decision properly and the Sri Lankan batsmen were under a lot of pressure after losing wickets in the beginning. The way Sri Lankan batsmen are batting is not very satisfactory because already Sri Lankan team is under a lot of pressure after losing 4 wickets. Sri Lankan batsmen must bat responsibly from the next batsmen otherwise they will not be able to give South Africa a big target. Charith Asalanka and Kusal Mendis these two batsmen. Must bat responsibly if they can bat responsibly then maybe Srilanka team can score good runs. But South African bowlers say they are aggressive from the start and they will try to break the partnership of these two batsmen, Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka will have to bat very carefully. The current score of the Sri Lankan team is 40 runs with four wickets in 10 overs. Sri Lanka's current score looks like they might be able to score 150 runs if they bat responsibly.
Sri Lanka had a poor performance against South Africa in their first group stage match. Sri Lanka's first innings was all out for just 77 runs. Nortje performed not very well in the IPL tournament that ended a few days ago, but in today's World Cup match, he bowled brilliantly in their first match and he conceded just seven runs in four overs took 4 wickets. Sri Lanka try to defend but South Africa chased down 78 runs in 98 balls and they won by 6 wickets. Playing on such pitches in World Cup format like T20 can be questionable.