The only Proteas batsman to fall cheap was debutant Aiden Markram with a score of three after he was caught by Malinga from Isuru Idana but the other debutant Sinethemba Qeshile enjoyed his first outing with two catches behind the stumps.
Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga won the toss and elected to field and South African batsmen reacted with a score of 180/3 with Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen sparkling with well taken half centuries.
Their partnership was finally broken when Hendricks was caught by Kamindu Mendis at mid-off from the bowling of Malinga having scored his third T20 half century. Senior batsmen JP Duminy , who also accounted the one run out, and David Miller remained on the crease until the end of their innings with an unbeaten partnership of 42 from 23 balls as the Proteas set Sri Lanka a target of 181 to tie this series with one match to spare.
It got worse for the Sri Lankans when Chris Morris claimed two wickets in three balls to remove Niroshan Dickewella for 20 and Kamindi Mendis for another golden duck of the night to leave the visitors on 31/4 after four overs.
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