Proteas outplay Tigers
Monday, 6 July 2015
South Africa have completely outplayed Bangladesh in the first T20 winning it by 52 runs on a dead Mirpur track, reports bdnews24.com.
Captain Faf du Plessis (79 off 61 balls) scored half of the Proteas total of 148, which the hosts initially appeared happy to chase at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
But some wily bowling from South Africa together with woeful batting by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's men saw the Tigers capitulate for a meagre 96 - their lowest T20I total at home.
The Tigers faltered from the start losing their openers cheaply within the first two overs.
Tamim Iqbal (5) gloved an attempted pull and was caught behind off Kyle Abbott while Soumya Sarkar (7) went awkwardly pulling a Kagiso Rabada bouncer straight to Jean-Paul Duminy at deep square leg.
Shakib Al Hasan (26), who was promoted to three, and Mushfiqur Rahim (17) steadied the ship with some sensible hitting and raised hopes of an exciting chase.
But after combining for 36 with Shakib, Mushfiq went back holing out to David Miller in the deep off Duminy.
Spinners Arafat Sunny and Nasir Hossain opened their bowling as South Africa, too, lost openers in a hurry.
But du Plessis brought the Proteas back into the game with some fine batting.