Pacers Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Nortje ran via Bangladesh’s batting line to seal South Africa’s simple six-wicket win that took the Proteas near the T20 World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.
South Africa bundled out struggling Bangladesh for 84 in 18.2 overs after which chased down their goal in 13.3 overs to consolidate their second place in Group 1.
With three wins from 4 matches, South Africa now have one match left in opposition to the in-form desk toppers and unbeaten England on 6 November.
Already down and out, the Bangladeshi batsmen had been at sea in opposition to a disciplined South African assault that not solely matched its teasing line and size but additionally obtained the ball to leap from good size.
Rabada’s (3/20) first spell wherein he dismissed three batsmen, together with two in two balls, performed a key function in Bangladesh’s slide, taking part in with out star-turned-all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
Nortje (3/8) additionally dismissed three batsmen whereas Shamsi Tabrez (2/21) dismissed two.
Had it not been for Mahedi Hasan’s 27-run cameo, Bangladesh wouldn’t have crossed the 80-run mark.
Chasing a slender goal, South Africa misplaced openers Quinton de Kock (16) and Reeza Hendrix (4) cheaply and Aiden Markram was additionally dismissed with out scoring, because the Bangladeshis displayed an excessive amount of firepower and Bowled with objective.
However, captain Temba Bavuma (31 not out) and Rassi van der Dussen (22) stored the innings regular, taking a while to measure as much as a pitch that helped the quick bowlers.
Eventually Bavuma discovered work within the firm of David Miller (5 not out), who ended the match in type with a boundary off Mahedi Hasan.
Earlier, when spinners Keshav Maharaj and Rabada opened the assault, their line and size did wonders. He neither let Liton Das (24) or Mohammad Naeem unfastened his arms.
When Naeem (9) tried to interrupt the ties, the left-hander gave a easy catch to Reeza Hendrix at mid-wicket off Rabada.
The younger pacer trapped Soumya Sarkar (0) on the following ball, bringing Mushfiqur Rahim to the crease.
Rahim escaped with a hat-trick ball, however went again with out scoring after dealing with three balls, when he couldn’t deal with the bounce off Rabada’s floor, and gave an edge to Hendricks on the street.
Nortje stored Bangladesh’s batsmen tight as nicely, which meant that South Africa fully dominated the ability play overs, conceding solely two boundaries in 28 runs.
Nortje additionally took the ball to leap off the observe and skipper Mahmudullah (3), who couldn’t deal with the bounce, threw it straight at Aiden Markram.
Dwayne Pretorius joined the get together when he dismissed Afif Hossain (0) to bowl Bangladesh out for 34 for 5. From there the slide continued for Bangladesh.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
