Sri Lanka vs South Africa স্কোরকার্ড, Match 25, ICC T20 World Cup 2021

South Africa have won each of their last six men's T20I matches against Sri Lanka (inc. super over wins), it is their longest active winning streak against any Test playing nation (also six vs Bangladesh); the Proteas have won two and lost one of their previous three meetings against the Lankans in the ICC men's T20 World Cup.

South Africa have lost just one of their last nine men's T20I matches (W8), that loss coming against Australia during in their opening match of this tournament, a five-wicket defeat (23 October 2021).

Sri Lanka have lost just one of their last five men's T20I matches (W4), that loss came last time out however, against Australia in this edition of the ICC men's T20 World Cup (28 Oct 2021).

Sri Lanka have won 68% of their ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches, the best rate amongst any teams who played a minimum of ten matches in the tournament; they have registered 27 wins (inc. one super over win) from their 40 matches, also the most by a team in the tournament (L13).

South Africa have alternated between victory and defeat in their last six matches in the ICC men's T20 World Cup (W3 L3); the Proteas registered an eight wicket win over the West Indies in their most recent match in the tournament, the last time they managed consecutive wins in the competition was during the 2014 edition (W3).

Since the beginning of 2020, South Africa have a catch success percentage of 74% in men's T20I cricket, the poorest amongst Test playing nations; the Proteas have dropped 44 of their 167 chances during that period.

Dinesh Chandimal needs just 50 more runs to score 1,000 runs in men's T20Is for Sri Lanka, in doing so he will become the 7th player to achieve this feat for the island nation; he has six 50s to his name in the format so far, including two in 2021, one of which came against SA (also v WI).

Aiden Markram (South Africa) has a batting dot ball rate of 24% in this T20 World Cup, the lowest rate of any player to face 30+ balls in the tournament, he has struck 91 runs from his two knocks so far.

Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka) has taken five wickets in the power play at the 2021 T20 World Cup, the joint-most along with Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan), he is one of three Sri Lanka players with eight wickets overall in the tournament so far (also Lahiru Kumara, Wanindu Hasaranga).

No player has scored more runs in men's T20I fixtures between Sri Lanka and South Africa than Reeza Hendricks (311), the South African has scored more runs against Sri Lanka than other team he has faced in this format.