Proteas chasing 161 in 40 overs
Friday, 10 July 2015
South Africa are now chasing a 161-run target set by Bangladesh in its maiden ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.
The Bangladesh innings came to a halt at 160 runs in 36.3 overs after losing all wickets.
Earlier, Bangladesh suffered early wickets after South Africa debutant Kagiso Rabada struck a stunning hat-trick within the first 10 overs of the innings.
At the 20th over, Bangladesh was at 94 runs for 5 wickets.
After a run-a-ball 27, counterattacking Soumya Sarkar chipped Kagiso straight to Jean-Paul Duminy at cover to leave the Tigers on 40 for four.
The hosts were 52 for 4 in 10 overs with Shakib Al Hasan (12) and Mushfiqur Rahim (5) trying to take them out of the woods, bdnews24.com added.
The 25-year old dismissed Tamim Iqbal, Liton Kumar Das and Mahmudullah in his second over. All of them went back without scoring, with Tamim making a 13-ball duck.
Rabada went straight through to castle Tamim for his first scalp before Das flicked it straight to Farhaan Behardien at midwicket.
He fired in a good length delivery next to trap Mahmudullah in the front to complete his hat-trick and stun the partisan crowd into silence.
Proteas paceman Kyle Abbott opened the bowling in wayward fashion with two wides in his first two balls but both he and debutant Rabada extracted bounce from the outset.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza won the toss. The match has been reduced to 40 overs a side.
The toss was scheduled for 2:30pm but incessant rain for nearly two days forced the delay.