South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan through the fourth day of the primary Take a look at cricket match between Bangladesh and South Africa on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on October 24, 2024.
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In-form pacer Kagiso Rabada took six wickets within the second inning as South Africa received the primary take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh by seven wickets on Thursday (October 24, 2024), wrapping up victory earlier than lunch on the fourth day on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium.
South Africa reached their goal as they scored 106 for 3 wickets within the second innings, with 41 coming from opener Tony de Zorzi and an unbeaten 30 runs from Tristan Stubbs seeing them house.
Rabada took two wickets early on the fourth day to complete with figures of 6-46, in a match by which he celebrated passing 300 take a look at wickets, as Bangladesh had been dismissed for 307 of their second innings.
The house facet had fought their means again into the competition on the third day to take an 81-run lead as they had been 283-7 in a single day however with solely three wickets in hand had been all the time below menace as they got here out to face the second new ball on Thursday.
South Africa’s pacemen shortly cleaned up the tail, denying center order batsman Mehidy Hasan Miraz a take a look at ton as he was the final wicket to fall, dismissed for 97, slicing Rabada to Wiaan Mulder at third slip.
It left South Africa a modest goal to chase with loads of time in hand and so they took 22 overs to make sure the win.
Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam took 3-43 so as to add to his 5 wickets within the first innings
“It was a very good efficiency,” stated successful captain Aiden Markram. “We put 4 days of fine cricket collectively and the bowlers set the sport up superbly for us the primary day.”
Bangladesh, who had received the toss and selected to bat, had been steamrolled for 106 on the opening day, permitting South Africa to go on and construct a 202-run first-innings lead.
“We had an important lead though credit score to Bangladesh, who made it powerful for us within the second innings,” Markram added.
The groups meet within the second take a look at in Chittagong, beginning on Tuesday.
Revealed – October 24, 2024 12:29 pm IST
