Watch: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in low-scoring T20 World Cup match

South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in their T20 World Cup opener on Monday.

The Proteas first restricted Sri Lanka to 77 in 19.1 overs, the Islanders' lowest total in T20 cricket, with Nortje coming up with envious figures of 4/7 in four overs. Opener Kusal Mendis was the top-scorer for Sri Lanka with 19 off 30 balls.

South Africa made a poor start in front of the crowd of 12,562, losing opener Reeza Hendricks on 4 in the second over.

Quinton de Kock scored 20 runs off 27 balls to hold one end, before returning a catch to Hasaranga in the 11th over.

In between, Aiden Markram was caught at slip for 12 and, in the same fifth over, Dasun Shanaka should have had Tristan Stubbs before he scored but Kusal Mendis dropped the edge behind.

Stubbs eventually went for 13 off 28, and Klaasen and David Miller coasted South Africa home with a shared 22 off 21 balls.

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