South Africa Won the 1st Test Against Sri Lanka: The first test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka was played in Durban. In this match, Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 233 runs. After the third day of play, South Africa gave Sri Lanka a target of 516 runs to win. But Sri Lanka's team could score only 282 runs while chasing. Temba Bavuma and Stubbs scored brilliant centuries in the second innings for South Africa.

SA vs SL 1st Test Playing-11s

South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando.

South Africa scored 191 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka's team could score only 42 runs in the first innings. Fast bowler Marco Jansen took 7 wickets against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka lost half the match from here. In the second innings, Stubbs completed his century in 183 balls for South Africa. In his century innings, he hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. Temba Bavuma completed his century in 202 balls. In this way, South Africa scored 366 runs in the second innings and gave Sri Lanka a target of 516 runs.

When the Sri Lankan team came out to chase the target in the second innings, they lost wickets very quickly. Opener Pathum Nissanka scored 23 and Dimuth Karunaratne scored 4 runs. Nissanka was dismissed by Koetje while Karunaratne was dismissed by Rabada. Dinesh Chandimal played a brilliant innings of 83 runs. He was bowled by Cotton on the ball of Gerald Koetje. Marco Jansen took 4 wickets in the second innings. He took a total of 11 wickets in the match. Sri Lanka could score only 282 runs on the fourth day of play and had to face defeat in the first test.

South Africa has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. The next match will now be played from December 5. This match will be played at St. George's Park. Sri Lanka's team will try to win the next match and tie the series. This will help them in the points table of the World Test Championship. There have been some changes in the points table after South Africa's victory.

WTC Points Table After This Match

With this win, South Africa has completely changed the points table of the World Test Championship. South Africa has now come to second place with 5 wins and 3 losses in 9 matches. Its percentage points have now become 59.25. Due to which the Australian team has lagged behind them.

On the other hand, the Sri Lankan team has moved from third to fifth place. This is its 5th defeat in 10 Test matches. In such a situation, now its percentage points have become 50.00, which was earlier 55.56. Apart from this, Team India remains on top with 9 wins in 15 matches and 61.11 percentage points. However, the Australian team has now come to third place with 8 wins in 13 matches and 57.69 percentage points.