The cricket match will be the first of the international tournament for both teams. It’s being played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium at Chittagong, Bangladesh.
The start time is slated for 9:30 a.m. GMT (11:30 a.m. SAST, 3 p.m. IST).
It will be broadcast on STAR Sports in Sri Lanka and the rest of the Indian Sub-Continent (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan); and SuperSport and SABC in South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa.
It will also be shown on Star Cricket in Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippines; CSN in Sri Lanka; Lemar TV in Afghanistan; Astro in Malaysia and Brunei; Ten Sports in Pakistan; and OSN Sport Cricket in North Africa and the Middle East.
Viewers in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland can watch on SKY Sports; those in the rest of Europe on Eurosport; Norwegian viewers on NRK; Australian viewers on Channel 9; those in New Zealand on SKY TV; Canadian viewers on Sportsnet; Pacific Islanders on Fiji TV; and viewers in the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Mexico, and the United States on ESPN.
Live streaming is available on Sky’s Now TV app, StarSports.com, WatchESPN, PTV.com, SuperSport.com, and MTVsports.lk. Some of the live streaming is only available in one country or region.
Sri Lanka is coming off an extremely successful run in the 2014 Asia Cup, which it won without losing a single game. The competition is much more intense in this tournament, though.
South Africa is coming off a loss in a T20I series against Australia that ended just over a week ago.
Sri Lanka won the last T20I series between these two teams.
After this match, Sri Lanka will face the Netherlands on March 24 while South Africa will face New Zealand earlier that day. See the full schedule and results here.
See squads below.
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardena, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne
South Africa: Francois du Plessis (captain), Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
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The start time is slated for 9:30 a.m. GMT (11:30 a.m. SAST, 3 p.m. IST).
It will be broadcast on STAR Sports in Sri Lanka and the rest of the Indian Sub-Continent (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Bhutan); and SuperSport and SABC in South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa.
It will also be shown on Star Cricket in Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippines; CSN in Sri Lanka; Lemar TV in Afghanistan; Astro in Malaysia and Brunei; Ten Sports in Pakistan; and OSN Sport Cricket in North Africa and the Middle East.
Viewers in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland can watch on SKY Sports; those in the rest of Europe on Eurosport; Norwegian viewers on NRK; Australian viewers on Channel 9; those in New Zealand on SKY TV; Canadian viewers on Sportsnet; Pacific Islanders on Fiji TV; and viewers in the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Mexico, and the United States on ESPN.
Live streaming is available on Sky’s Now TV app, StarSports.com, WatchESPN, PTV.com, SuperSport.com, and MTVsports.lk. Some of the live streaming is only available in one country or region.
Sri Lanka is coming off an extremely successful run in the 2014 Asia Cup, which it won without losing a single game. The competition is much more intense in this tournament, though.
South Africa is coming off a loss in a T20I series against Australia that ended just over a week ago.
Sri Lanka won the last T20I series between these two teams.
After this match, Sri Lanka will face the Netherlands on March 24 while South Africa will face New Zealand earlier that day. See the full schedule and results here.
See squads below.
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardena, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kumar Sangakkara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne
South Africa: Francois du Plessis (captain), Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
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