Ottneil Baartman of South Africa was dismissed on the opening delivery in his World Cup debut with a run up to bowl for Proteas against Sri Lanka in ICC’s showpiece T20 tournament opener held in New York on Monday.
The right-arm fast bowler, during the fourth over of the Sri Lankan innings for Group D match, got rid of opener Pathum Nissanka(3) who was caught at third-man boundary trying to swing through the line as it bounced and went through to Heinrich Klaasen.
His analysis read 4-0-9-1 including one maiden which is quite impressive for his first game ever played at this level.
Furthermore, South Africa went ahead to demolish their opponents Sri Lanka by bundling them out for 77 in 19.1 overs which is the lowest team total that has been ever recorded by Lankan team in T20 internationals till now.
Pacer Anrich Nortje had a dream spell of four wickets for seven runs while fellow pacer Kagiso Rabada took two (2/21). Keshav Maharaj, another spinner picked up two (2/22).