03 June,2024 07:16 AM IST | New York | PTI
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Sri Lanka will rely on their varied bowling attack to tame the unrestrained batting power of South Africa in their Group D T20 World Cup opener here on Monday.
They will be eager to get onto the points table at the earliest too as some tricky teams like Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal are in their group. South Africa, with a batting line-up comprising captain Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Quinton de Kock, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs, could be a nightmare for .any team.
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Klaasen and Stubbs have been in roaring form. In this World Cup cycle, the right-hander has averaged 41 and struck runs at 182. In the IPL 2024 too, Klaasen made 471 runs from 16 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Stubbs has been equally impressive for Delhi Capitals, amassing 378 runs from 14 matches at a strike-rate of 190.
This will certainly worry a set of Lankan spinners such as captain Wanindu Hasaranga (economy 7.42) and Maheesh Theekshana (6.71), both of whom had to battle injuries in the recent past.
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