South Africa vs Sri Lanka Head to Head Stats & Records in T20I Cricket
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SA Vs SL in all seasons
| # | Team 1 | Team 2 | Winner | Margin | Date | Venue | Scorecard |
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| 1 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SA | 6 wickets | 03 Jun 2024 | New York | SA won by 6 wickets |
| 2 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 4 wickets | 30 Oct 2021 | Sharjah | SA won by 4 wickets |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SA | 10 wickets | 14 Sep 2021 | Colombo | SA won by 10 wickets |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SA | 9 wickets | 12 Sep 2021 | Colombo | SA won by 9 wickets |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SA | 28 runs. | 10 Sep 2021 | Colombo | SA won by 28 runs. |
| 6 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 45 runs (D/L method) | 24 Mar 2019 | Johannesburg | SA won by 45 runs (D/L method) |
| 7 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 16 runs | 22 Mar 2019 | Centurion | SA won by 16 runs |
| 8 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 19 Mar 2019 | Cape Town | Match tied (SA won the one-over eliminator) | |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SL | 3 wickets | 14 Aug 2018 | Colombo | SL won by 3 wickets (with 24 balls remaining) |
| 10 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SL | 5 wkts (1b rem) | 25 Jan 2017 | Cape Town | SL won by 5 wkts (1b rem) |
| 11 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SL | 3 wickets | 22 Jan 2017 | Johannesburg | SL won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) |
| 12 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 19 runs | 20 Jan 2017 | Centurion | SA won by 19 runs |
| 13 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | 8 wkts (14b rem) | 28 Mar 2016 | Delhi | SA won by 8 wkts (14b rem) |
| 14 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SL | 5 runs | 22 Mar 2014 | Chattogram | SL won by 5 runs |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SL | won by 6 wickets | 06 Aug 2013 | Hambantota | SL won by 6 wickets |
| 16 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | won by 22 runs | 04 Aug 2013 | Hambantota | SA won by 22 runs |
| 17 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | SA | won by 12 runs | 02 Aug 2013 | Colombo | SA won by 12 runs |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | SA | 32 runs | 22 Sep 2012 | Hambantota | SA won by 32 runs |
South Africa vs Sri Lanka Head to Head in T20I Cricket
South Africa and Sri Lanka have played 18 T20 Internationals, the first in 2012 and the latest on 3 June 2024. South Africa have won 13 and Sri Lanka 5. South Africa's highest total in the fixture is 198, Sri Lanka's 170. The lowest completed totals are 98 and 77. Every meeting is in the table above. Updated 10 September, 2026.
Nassau County, 3 June 2024, was the first match played at the temporary stadium built for that T20 World Cup, and the pitch made a mockery of the batting. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 77 - Anrich Nortje taking 4 for 7 - and South Africa still needed 16.2 overs to get there.
The fixture has otherwise been an even contest broken up by one-sided series. South Africa won all three in Colombo in September 2021, two of them by nine and ten wickets. Sri Lanka's best was at Colombo in August 2018, when they bowled South Africa out for 98.
Faf du Plessis' 85 at Hambantota in 2013 remains the highest score here.
