South Africa were set at 106 runs to win the first Test match in Mirpur by the Bangladeshi side. The home team resumed the day at 287/7 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz batting on 87 and Nayeem Hasan on 10. It took the visitors just 4.5 overs to wrap up the innings as 20 runs were added to the overnight score.
Kagiso Rabada picked 6/46 from 17.5 overs to go with his 3/26 from the first innings for a match haul of 9/72. Mehidy Hasan Miraz was unlucky to miss out on scoring a ton as he was out for 97. His knock came off 191 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six.
Bangladesh had to win the game to keep their hopes alive of making it to the finals of the World Test Championships. For South Africa, this will be a huge win, as Aiden Markram and his side have dominated with the bat and ball so far in this game.
Kagiso Rabada leads the charge with the ball once again
South Africa ended their 1st innings with an overall lead of 202 runs after bowling out the hosts for 106. Kagiso Rabada struck twice in the 2nd innings to remove Shadman Islam for one and Mominul Haque for a duck. Mahmudul Hasan Joy and skipper Shanto then further added 55 runs for the 3rd wicket to stage a fight back.
That stand was broken by Keshav Maharaj who dismissed Shanto for 23. Rabada struck for a third time when he had the wicket of Mahmudul Hasan Joy for 40 off 92 balls. This was followed by the wicket of Mushfiqur Rahim who saw his middle stump destroyed.
Litton Das continued his bad form with the bat as he was out for 7 caught by Kyle Verreynne off Maharaj. Jaker Ali and Mehidy Hasan then added 138 runs for the 7th wicket in over 40 overs to frustrate the visitors. Keshav Maharaj then trapped Ali out LBW for 58 for the final wicket of the day.
Rabada completed his fifer when he had the wicket of Nayeem Hasan for 16 and then dismissed Mehidy for 97. Taijul Islam was out to Wiaan Mulder caught by Tristan Stubbs for 7. At the time of writing, the visitors were placed at 24/0 from 6.2 overs still needing 82 runs to win the first game.
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