Sri Lanka faces South Africa on Tuesday in their 2nd ODI of the series. The match begins at 5 a.m. ET. Watch the live stream HERE.
Sri Lanka dealt South Africa an embarrassing 180-run defeat in the opening ODI series match. The squad responded after losing to India in the Champions Trophy semifinals and to the West Indies in the Tri-Series by routing South Africa, CruzzBuzz.com reports.
Kumar Sangakkara had a career-best 169 in the first match. Sri Lanka found a way to crush South Africa even without its regular captain Angelo Mathews, who was suspended for the first of two games for his team's slow over-rates in the Tri-Series. The squad played well under replacement captain Dinish Chandimal, who also became the team's youngest captain at only 23 years old.
Sri Lanka's bowling and batting was solid throughout the bout and the home team looks primed for another win on Tuesday.
South Africa, meanwhile, looks to atone for its embarrassing loss. Hashim Amla and Lonwabo Tsotsobe are expected to be available, which will hopefully give the squad a competitive boost. A solid performance from skipper AB de Villiers is critical to South Africa's chances of winning. The squad needs to turn the ball better as well, an area it struggled terribly in during the last game.
Projected Squads:
Sri Lanka: Upal Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinish Chandimal (c), Jehan Mubarak, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Shaminda Eranga.
South Africa: Hashim Amla, Alviro Petersen, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers (c, wk), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Robin Peterson, Ryan McLaren, Aaron Phangiso, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
