The Proteas signed off on their six-match limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka in emphatic style as they smashed their hosts by 10 wickets in the third and final match in Colombo on Tuesday to take the T20 series 3-0.
They dominated the home team from start to finish at the R Premadasa Stadium as they clocked their first 10-wicket win in T20s, and seventh on the trot in the shortest format afterIt is also the Proteas' third successive T20 series win away from home. SA followed a come-from-behind 3-2 series triumph against world champions West Indies in the Caribbean in July with travelling to Ireland last month to also record a 3-0 whitewash.
The IPL will resume on September 19 in Dubai and conclude on October 15, a week before the Australian World Cup assignment. The home side lost their first three wickets in the first six powerplay overs and were in trouble at 47/3, with Kagiso Rabada , who went wicketless in the first and second matches, making light work of Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa . Left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin got Dhananjaya de Silva stumped.
In reply, Proteas openers Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks sparkled as they scored half-centuries to guide SA to an easy chase with 32 balls remaining.
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