JOIN USSouth Africa skipper AB de Villiers said his batsmen will put Sri Lanka’s magician spinner Ajantha Mendis under pressure when the two teams meet in a Group C match in Hambantota on Saturday.
Mendis, 27, sounded a warning to all batsmen by picking up 6-8 — the best figures in all Twenty20 cricket — to crush Zimbabwe in the opening match of the World Twenty20 on Tuesday and promises further destruction. But de Villiers said his team will be ready for the mystery spinner.
“Mendis is a world class bowler,” said the South African captain on Friday. “When he’s going well he will always pick up wickets. But we’ve seen him perform under pressure and seen him break down under pressure as well,’’ he added.
“So, hopefully, we can get the upper hand against him and not let him bowl to us,’’ de Villiers said.