ICC World T20 2016, Stats: Sri Lanka v South Africa: Amla special hands Proteas consolation win over Sri Lanka
In the last match of the Super 10 stage, South Africa and Sri Lanka faced each other in what was a dead rubber. Both teams having been knocked out before the game, were playing for pride and finish their respective tournaments on a high.
South Africa emerged victorious as they put in an all-round performance to thrash a deflated Sri Lankan side by 8 wickets at Delhi. Sri Lanka became the first team to be bowled out after batting first in the 2016 World T20.
Hashim Amla's good run in 2016 continued as he carried South Africa over the finishing line to end the tournament on a positive note.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – Sri Lanka became the first team to be dismissed all-out in the 2016 World T20 after batting first.
1 – This was the first time that AB de Villiers finished a match for South Africa with a six.
3 – Sri Lanka have become the third defending World T20 champions not to clear the group stage. India in 2009 and England in 2012 were the two other defending champions to be knocked out in the group stages.
18 – There have been 18 free-hits in the World T20 so far. Only one of them has been hit for a boundary, with 10 of them being scored for one run and the other 7 balls being dot balls.
35 – Tillakaratne Dilshan is now the most experienced player in World T20s after having played his 35th match. Shahid Afridi is second in the list with 34 matches while Indian captain, MS Dhoni is third with 32 matches to his name.
45 – The opening stand between Dinesh Chandimal and Tillakaratne Dilshan was the highest for Sri Lanka in the World T20 2016. Their previous highest was 41 against Afghanistan.
56 – The number of runs scored by Dinesh Chandimal in the four World T20 innings he has batted. His highest score was 21. In the Asia Cup, Chandimal had scored 149 runs in 4 innings.
77.00 – Hashim Amla's batting average in 2016 is second only to Virat Kohli. Amla has scored 308 runs in 7 innings.
100 – Dale Steyn conceded his 100th four in T20Is when Dinesh Chandimal scored a boundary off the fifth ball of his first over.
101 – Tillakaratne Dilshan reached a milestone of having hit 100 fours in World T20s. He is second only to Mahela Jayawardene, who had hit 111 fours.
1000 – Hashim Amla became the fourth South African to score 1000 T20I runs. Amla scored it in 37 innings.