T20 World Cup: South Africa edge Bangladesh by 4 runs in final over thriller

South Africa have now gained three matches within the T20 World Cup and they’re only one win away from making their strategy to the match’s Tremendous 8.

Bangladesh, identical to South Africa, had a horrible begin to their innings because the Proteas pacers wreaked havoc on their batters as all of Tanzid Hasan (9 off 9), Najmul Hossain Shanto (14 off 23), Liton Das (9 off 13) and Shakib Al Hasan (3 off 4) have been again to the pavilion, leaving their facet 50-4 in 9.5 overs.

Skilled all-rounder Mahmudullah and Towhid Hridoy’s 44-run partnership introduced some stability to the struggling batting lineup. Hridoy performed an incredible knock (37 off 34) below the tough New York circumstances however he was eliminated by Kagiso Rabada.

Nonetheless, regardless of shedding his accomplice, Mahmudullah remained on the pitch and stayed until the final over however he couldn’t information his group to victory as Bangladesh ended their innings at 109-7.

Earlier within the first innings, South Africa set a 114-run goal for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh bowlers have been on prime from the primary over as Tanzim Hasan Sakib bamboozled the Proteas’ opening pair in his first two overs with Reeze Hendricks (0) and Quinton de Kock (18 off 11) returning to the pavilion early.

The following sufferer was no apart from the Proteas’ skipper Aiden Markram as he was clean-bowled by Taskin Ahmed for simply 4 runs within the fourth over. Bangladesh continued with their sensible bowling as Tanzim Hasan struck as soon as once more and eliminated Tristan Stubbs for a duck.

It appeared like yet one more collapse whereas batting first in New York however David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen fashioned an important 79-run partnership and helped their facet attain an honest complete.

Klaasen contributed useful 46 runs earlier than shedding his wicket to Taskin whereas Miller departed for the pavilion after posting 29 runs as South Africa concluded their innings at 113-6 runs within the allotted overs.

For Bangladesh, Tanzim Hasan picked three wickets, Taskin bought two whereas Rishad Hossain bagged one.

Taking part in XIs
Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Jaker Ali, 3 Litton Das (wk), 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanzim Hasan, 10 Taskin Ahmed 11 Mustafizur Rahman

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Reeza Hendricks, 3 Aiden Markram (capt), 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 David Miller, 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11Ottneil Baartman