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Bangladesh face South Africa today to save series

Aminul || risingbd.com

Published: 03:09, 7 July 2015   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Bangladesh face South Africa today to save series

Sport Correspondent: Bangladesh take on mighty South Africa in the second and final of the two-match Twenty20 International series in Dhaka today (Tuesday).


The match will start at 1:00 PM (Bangladesh time) at Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.

South Africa won the first match of the series by 52 runs and thus lead the series 1-0. The hosts will eye to save the series by winning the match.

Bangladesh‘s only memorable moment against South Africa came in their victory in the 2007 World Cup. Since then, they have no victory against the Proteas. The Tigers played only three T20I matches against the Proteas including the first one of the series on last Sunday in which they were defeated.

South Africa`s 52-run win in the first T20 could have left Bangladesh dispirited but there has been a good vibe among the home team in recent months because they have learned how to bounce back. What will irk them, though, is that this is the first time since November that they have lost the first game of a series.


Bangladesh were hasty in their chase and Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan need to execute proper shots in the next game.


Bangladesh will also hope their bowling attack can once again contain South Africa, and that their batsmen can find the right blend of discipline and aggression.


Apart from the T20I series, the two teams will also play three ODIs and two Tests.

Probable Teams:

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Sabbir Rahman, 6 Nasir Hossain, 7 Litton Das, 8 Sohag Gazi/Jubair Hossain, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Arafat Sunny, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 AB de Villiers, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 JP Duminy, 5 David Miller, 6 Rilee Rossouw, 7 David Wiese, 8 Wayne Parnell, 9 Kyle Abbott, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Aaron Phangiso.


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