Live Cricket Score of South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I at Cape Town

Live Cricket Score of South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I at Cape Town

Toss and Teams:

It's confirmed, Superman will be in action today! South Africa have won the toss and decided to bat first. AB de Villiers returns to international cricket after a gap of seven months. Two other inclusions in the Proteas line-up: Dane Paterson and Reeza Hendricks in. Theunis de Bruyn, Heino Kuhn and Aaron Phangiso are the ones to make way.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have made one change. Upul Tharanga comes in for the injured Angelo Mathews.

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): JJ Smuts, Reeza Hendricks, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien(c), Mangaliso Mosehle(w), Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson, Imran Tahir, Lungisani Ngidi

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal(w/c), Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Thikshila de Silva, Nuwan Kulasekara, Isuru Udana, Lakshan Sandakan, Upul Tharanga

In other news:

Build-up: Stage set for the return of Superman

Hello and welcome to the Live Blog for the third T20I between South Africa and Sri Lanka. It is the deciding match of the T20I series and the stage is set for AB de Villiers to do what he does best. After a seven-month hiatus, Superman is set to return to international cricket. And the timing couldn't be better. An inexperienced South African batting order was exposed by a sprightly Sri Lankan attack, which ensured a series decider in Cape Town. The presence of de Villiers, who is fresh off an unbeaten 134 off only 103 balls in a List-A game, comes as a big boost for the home team, which is hoping to extend Sri Lanka's agony on the tour.

After four losses in a row across the Test and T20 formats, Sri Lanka finally managed to register a win on their South African sojourn but they lost a key member of the team in the process. Skipper Angelo Mathews, who suffered an injury while seeing his team through during the chase in the previous game, is heading home, as are pacer Nuwan Pradeep and batsman Dhanuskha Gunathilaka. This puts an added pressure on Dinesh Chandimal, the experienced batsman in the line-up, who will also have to lead the team in the final T20I of the series.

Meanwhile, there will also be some focus on a couple of young bowlers, who have made several heads turn their way during the series with their fine performances. South Africa's Lungi Ngidi, a 20-year-old right-arm pacer, has returns of 2 for 12 and 4 for 19 from the two matches, while Sri Lanka's Lakshan Sandakan, a 25-year-old chinaman bowler, picked up 4 for 23 on debut to help Sri Lanka level the series on a surprisingly slow wicket at Wanderers. The two will be hoping to continue their impressive run and set up an engrossing contest in Cape Town.

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