South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series by defeating Sri Lanka, who were struggling with an injury problem, by an innings and 45 runs in the first Test cricket match here on Tuesday. Five Sri Lankan players are injured, out of which Dhananjay DeSilva did not even come out to bat in the second innings. Sri Lanka’s team were dismissed for 180 runs in their second innings shortly after lunch on the fourth day.
This match is part of the World Test Championship and thus South Africa got 60 points from the win. The most unique thing in this Test match was that Faf du Plessis missed a double century and was dismissed for 199 runs. In the history of Test cricket, Faf du Plessis became the 11th batsman in the world to be dismissed for 199 runs. The last time Dean Elgar was dismissed for 199 runs in the Test. On the one hand, where Duplessis remained 1 run away from a double century, during this Test match, he completed 4 thousand runs in Test cricket. Before this match, he had 3901 runs in his account and completing the 99th run, he touched the figure of four thousand runs.