Disciplined bowling helps Bangladesh restrict SA to 113/6
A disciplined bowling performance helped the Tigers restrict South Africa to 113 for 6 after 20 overs in the T20 World Cup match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Taskin Ahmed gave the Tigers a flying start after being asked to bowl first picking up four wickets inside the first five overs.
Sakib who conceded 11 runs in his first five deliveries of the innings, ended up with a figure of 3-0-13-3 after his first spell. He was well-accompanied by Taskin who also picked up a wicket in his first spell reducing South Africa to four down inside the powerplay.
Sakib began his wicket-fest by trapping Reeza Hendricks ( 0 off 1 ball) for LBW in the final delivery of the first over. He breathed fire in the next few overs and went on to make Quinton de Kock and hard-hitter Tristan Stubbs ( 0 from 5 balls) his prey.
De Kock scored 18 runs from 11 balls before departing hitting one boundary and two maximums.
Taskin got rid of the Protea skipper Aiden Markram through a peach of a delivery.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller got some sort of grip for South Africa for the fifth wicket. They started building slowly but Klassen finally broke loose hitting RIshad Hossain for two maximums in the 10th over.
Miller was gifted a life as Litton Das dropped a catch behind the stumps in the 11th over. The southpaw edged the delivery from Mahmudullah but Litton failed to hold on to it.
South Africa reached the 100-run mark in the 17th over. Klassen and Miller both started hitting a few boundaries and over boundaries, Klassen being the primary aggressor.
Taskin returned to bowling in the 18th over and provided a much-needed breakthrough by bowling Klassen out. The duo added 79 runs from 79 balls for the fifth wicket.
Klassen was the top scorer with 46 runs from 43 balls. He hit two fours and three maximums.
Sakib and Taskin shared the first five South Africa wickets between them. Sakib picked up three wickets for 18 runs while Taskin bagged a brace for 19 runs.
Rishad, after conceding 28 runs in his first three overs, came on to bowl the penultimate over and picked up the wicket of Miller ( 29 off 38 balls). He conceded only four runs in that over.
Mustafizur Rahman bowled four consecutive dot balls to Keshav Maharaj in the final over before bowling a wide ball. He conceded only four runs in the 20th over to eventually restrict South Africa to 113/6.
Mustafiz remained wicketless but gave away only 18 runs in his four overs. Mahmudullah too was economical with the ball in hand giving away 17 runs in three overs.
