POBNEWS24, Dhaka Nov 3, 2021 :Bangladesh lost to South Africa by 8 wickets in the Super Twelve match of the T20 World Cup. It took South Africa just 14.3 overs to reach Bangladesh’s 85-run target at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
This is the fifth defeat of the Tigers in this World Cup. Mahmud Ullah Bahini lost to Scotland in the first round. Four matches in a row in the Super Twelve.
Today, the Taskin-Mehdis are fighting with little capital. Chasing the target of 85 runs, the Proteas fell in the cannon of Tiger bowling from the very beginning. Two openers Reza Hendrix and Quinton de Kock returned to the dressing room with 33 runs. Adam Markram, who came down in four, returned before opening the run account.
Hendrix was out for 4 runs and De Cock was out for 16 runs. The first wicket was taken by Taskin Ahmed and the second by Mehdi Hasan. Taskin also returned Markram before opening the scoring.
Rashi van der Dussen (22) returned to the toilet after getting close to the victory. Nasum Ahmed got his wicket. Captain Temba Babuma (31) and David Miller (5) left the field unbeaten after winning the match. Taskin got two wickets, Nasum Ahmed and Mehedi Hasan got one wicket each.
Earlier, Bangladesh lost the toss and elected to bat. Naeem got out at the beginning of the batting. Made only 9 runs. After that Saumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim were both dismissed.
Mahmudullah Riyad was out for just 3 runs. Afif Hossain also went back to zero. After losing five wickets for 34 runs, Liton Das also returned with 45 runs for the team.
Shamim Hossain was out for 11 runs. Mehedi Hasan, who tried to play a little bit, was dismissed for 26 runs. Taskin was run out for 3 and Nasum was out for 0. Kagiso Rabada and Enrique Nortia took three wickets each for South Africa. Besides, Tabriz Shamsi took 2 wickets. Kagiso Rabada was the best in the match.
