Dilshan steers SL to 6-wicket win over SA in 3rd T20

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit an unbeaten 74 off 51 deliveries to take Sri Lanka to a six-wicket consolation win in the third and final Twenty20 match over South Africa which has secured the series 2-1.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis led from the front scoring 85 in his team's imposing 163 for three in 20 overs after electing to bat first.

Jean-Paul Duminy continued his top form with a run a ball unbeaten 51.

Sri Lanka took off to a strong start as Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene added 67 runs before Jayawardene (33) was out in the sixth over.

The start and 20 runs in the 18th over by Thisara Perera enabled Sri Lanka to chase down the score with 11 deliveries to spare.

Scorecard

South Africa:
H Davids lbw b Kulasekara 0
Q de Kock lbw b Mendis 16
F du Plessis b Lakmal 85
JP Duminy not out 51
AB de Villiers not out 1
Extras: (lb-1, w-9) 10
Total: (For three wickets in 20 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-45, 3-157
Bowling: Kulasekara 4-0-37-1, Lakmal 4-0-29-1, Senanayake 4-0-20-0, T. Perera 1-0-10-0, Mendis 4-0-31-1, Mathews 1-0-14-0, Dilshan 2-0-21-0.

Sri Lanka:
T Dilshan not out 74
M Jayawardene c de Villiers b Parnell 33
K Perera c Parnell b Wiese 1
D Chandimal st de Kock b Tahir 14
A Mathews b Wiese 14
T Perera not out 25
Extras: (lb-1, w-1, nb-1) 3
Total: (For four wickets in 18.1 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-71, 3-100, 4-123
Bowling: Tsotsobe 4-0-49-0, Morkel 3.1-0-33-0, Parnell 3-0-37-1, Tahir 4-0-20-1, Wiese 4-0-24-2.

Image: Tillakaratne Dilshan
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