South African batter Aiden Markram feels exposing himself to the high standard of cricket that the IPL offers will help him deal better with pressure situations in the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Markram lauded the bowlers, saying that they looked like they had "everything under control."
Punjab on Tuesday left out big-hitting Chris Gayle and included Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Adil Rashid, Fabian Allen as the four foreign players in their Playing XI.
Malan along with three other players from England have opted out of IPL 2021 owing to personal reasons. Malan appeared in only one of Punjab's fixture in the first leg, batting at No.4.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat in the three-match series. The visitors made 163-5 before restricting Sri Lanka to 135-6.
Markram made a career-best 70, beating his previous best of 63, and de Kock kept up an outstanding run of form with 60 from 42 balls as South Africa reached 168-4 after winning the toss.
Pakistan won the first test by seven wickets and has not beaten the Proteas in a home test series since 2003.
Du Plessis was on 55 and Bavuma on 41 as stumps were called on Day 2 in Centurion.
Aiden Markram has spoken about the possibility of leading South Africa as the Proteas are currently on a lookout for the position in the longest format.
Cricket South Africa said that the injury took place during Day 2 of the ongoing Test against England and will require surgery which will keep him away from the game for at least six weeks.
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