SA vs SL 2024: Top 3 performers from the series
The Proteas came out on top by completing a whitewash over the Lankans.
2. Marco Jansen
Marco Jansen ended up as the leading wicket-taker in the series with 14 wickets. His menacing channels were a constant threat to the Lankan batters. He ended the series striking at an impressive average 17.14 with the ball.
The towering pacer standing at 6'9" was the Player of the Match in the first Test, and for obvious reasons. Sri Lanka's first innings in which they were obliterated for just 42 had Jansen dismiss all seven of his victims on single-digit scores. He capped off the game by registering career-best match figures of 11/86.
Although Jansen was a touch expensive in the first innings of the second Test, he picked up the crucial wickets of the well-set Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis. There was not a lot of contribution from Jansen's side in the second innings. He wrapped off the match by claiming the last Lankan wicket.
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