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Bangladesh seal historic one-day triumph over SA

By AFP

March 24, 2022

CENTURION: Taskin Ahmed and Tamim Iqbal starred as Bangladesh sealed an historic series triumph with a nine-wicket win in the third one-day international against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Taskin took five for 35 as South Africa were bowled out for 154, their lowest total against Bangladesh.

Visiting captain Tamim then scored 87 not out off 82 balls to take Bangladesh to victory with 23.3 overs to spare, sharing a century opening partnership with Liton Das (48).

Bangladesh won the World Cup Super League series by two matches to one, consolidating their place at the top of the table.

South Africa were left languishing in ninth place and in danger of missing one of the eight automatic qualifying places for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Bangladesh had lost all 19 matches across all formats against South Africa on their home soil before winning the series opener by 38 runs at the same venue on Friday.

South Africa won the second match by seven wickets in Johannesburg but Bangladesh dominated Wednesday’s series decider.

South Africa made a fast start, with Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock putting on 46 for the first wicket inside seven overs.

But Taskin bowled superbly after off-spinner Mehidy Hasan made the first breakthrough by dismissing De Kock.

Taskin, 26, produced his best performance since taking five for 28 on debut against India on debut in Mirpur in 2014. He bowled at a lively pace in three spells and troubled all the batsmen.

With South Africa defending a low total, Keshav Maharaj dropped Litton Das at backward point off Kagiso Rabada in the first over of the Bangladesh innings before Das had scored.

Das and Tamim took full advantage of the let-off, putting on 127 for the first wicket.

Score Board

South Africa won the toss

South Africa Innings

Malan c †Mushfiqur b Taskin 39

Kock †c Mahmudullah b Mehidy 12

Verreynne b Taskin Ahmed 9

Bavuma (c) lbw b Shakib 2

Dussen c Mehidy b Shoriful 4

Miller c †Mushfiqur b Taskin 16

Pretorius c †Mushfiqur b Taskin 20

Maharaj run out (Tamim/†Mushfiqur) 28

Rabada c †Mushfiqur b Taskin 4

Ngidi c sub (Najmul) b Shakib 0

Shamsi not out 3

Extras: (lb 8, w 9) 17

TOTAL: (37 Ov, RR: 4.16) 154

Fall:1-46, 6.5 ov, 2-66, 12.3 ov, 3-69, 14.5 ov, 4-71, 15.5 ov, 5-83, 18.1 ov, 6-107, 24.3 ov, 7-122, 28.3 ov, 8-126, 28.6 ov, 9-144, 34.4 ov, 10-154, 36.6 ov

Bowling: Shoriful Islam 7-0-37-1, Mustafizur Rahman 7-0-23-0, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5-0-27-1, Taskin Ahmed 9-0-35-5, Shakib 9-0-24-2

Bangladesh Innings (Target: 155 runs)

Tamim Iqbal (c) not out 87

Das c Bavuma b Maharaj 48

Shakib Al Hasan not out 18

Extras: (w 3) 3

TOTAL: (26.3 Ov, RR: 5.88) 156/1

Did not bat: Mushfiqur Rahim †, Yasir Ali, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

Fall: 1-127 (Litton Das, 20.5 ov)

Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 5.3-0-37-0, Lungi Ngidi 5-0-24-0, Keshav Maharaj 7-0-36-1, Tabraiz Shamsi 7-0-41-0, Dwaine Pretorius 2-0-18-0

Result: Bangladesh won by 9 wickets

Man of the match: Taskin Ahmed