South Africa vs Bangladesh live score, T20 World Cup 2021 SA vs BAN LIVE ScoreSouth Africa have emerged as strong contenders to qualify for the semifinals after the wins over West Indies and Sri Lanka. They sit second in the group. Bangladesh, on the other hand, have failed to win a single Super 12 game in their three outings so far. Their hopes of advancing to the semi-finals are all but over after the narrow 3-run loss to West Indies last week. Going ahead they will be battling it out for a consolation win and upsetting the equations for other sides.
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Bangladesh Playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed
Terrific bowling from Taskin Ahmed, and Naim takes a superb catch at slip to get rid of Markram. South Africa lose their third wicket within powerplay, are 33/3 after 6 overs. Captain Temba Bavuma comes in place of Markram.
Trivia: On average, the ball has swung 0.97° in the Powerplay overs across both innings. That's the highest amount of new ball swing in any match hosted in the UAE in this tournament.
After being hit for back-to-back boundaries earlier in the over, Mahedi Hasan responds in style to dismiss Quinton de Kock (16), who plays down the wrong line and has his bails knocked over. Aiden Markran comes in place of De Kock. SA are 28/2 after 5 overs.
De Kock and R Hendricks are at the crease, begin innings for South Africa, who have been given an easy target of 85. Taskin Ahmed opens the attack and strikes on the last ball of his first over. Reeza Hendricks walks back for 4. Rassie van der Dussen comes in place of Hendricks. SA are 6/1 after 1 over.
A rampaging Rabada (3/20) ripped through Bangladesh top-order as Nortje (3/8), Shamsi (2/21) and Pretorius (1/11) continued the pressure to dismiss them for 84.
Trivia: South Africa bowled 15 balls quicker than 140kph in this innings. From those balls, they conceded just ten runs and took four wickets.
Temba Bavuma takes aim and a direct hit grabs the 8th wicket. As if the South African bowlers are not proving hard enough to negotiate, Bangladesh gift a wicket by going for a non existent single. Nasum Ahmed comes in place of Taskin Ahmed. BAN are 84/8 after 18 overs.
Keshav Maharaj takes an easy catch at Long-on as Tabraiz Shamsi grabs his second wicket of the game. Taskin Ahmed comes in place of Shamim. BAN are 71/7 after 16 overs.
South Africa lose a review after a correct decision from Illingworth. Anrich Nortje doesn't want to be left behind in this display of serious heat from the SA pacers. Mahmudullah finds a bouncer too hot to handle, gloves it to point. BAN are 56/6 after 14 overs.
OUT! Tabraiz Shamsi strikes in his first over. Litton Das' fighting innings comes to an end. Liton Das was Bangladesh's only set batter, and now he's lbw for 24. BAN are 46/4 after 12 overs.
Procession in Abu Dhabi. Pretorius gets the wicket of Afif, who is now the third Bangladesh batter to be out for a duck. A horrible first-ball swipe from Afif. Shamim Hossain comes in his place. BAN are 36/5 after 9 overs.
Trivia: The last time Bangladesh lost five wickets in the first nine overs of a T20 World Cup match was back in 2007 when they were 48-5 at this stage against Sri Lanka. They went on to get bowled out for 83 on that occasion.
South Africa have another wicket, Nortje now gets in the act as Mahmudullah is gone for 3. Too much pace and bounce from Anrich Nortje as he flicks the glove of Mahmudullah. The ball loops to Markram at point who takes a simple catch. Afif Hossain comes in place of Mahmudullah. BAN are 34/4 after 8 overs.
Rabada on fire! No hat-trick for him but he grabs a third wicket, assisted with a superb catch by Reeza Hendricks at the slip. Rahim out for 0. Three wickets in the powerplay for Kagiso Rabada as Bangladesh are reduced to 28/3. Mahmudullah comes to the crease.
It's been a scrappy start to the match from both sides but Proteas strike early. Naim, who's been in decent touch in the tournament, hits one straight to the fielder at midwicket. Soumya Sarkar comes in place of Naim but in the next ball, Kagiso Rabada goes full and straight, traps Sarkar in front and that's 2 wickets in 2 balls. Mushfiqur Rahim comes in place of Sarkar. BAN are 22/2 after 4 overs.
Opener Naim joins Liton with his first boundary in the third over off Maharaj. BAN are 17/0 after 3 overs.
Liton Das strikes at 131 in his first 10 balls! He leans in for the shot. BAN are 9/0 after 2 overs.
Naim and Liton Das open the innings for Bangladesh. The two are at the crease after the respective national anthems. Maharaj opens the attack. BAN are 4/0 after 1 over.
Mahmudullah: "We would have bowled first. Mustafizur is missing. He is resting. Shakib has been our go to guy. It is a huge loss. It presents other guys a wonderful opportunity. The three games we have played, we were close to winning in two of those games. We would like to play some good cricket."
Bangladesh Playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed
Temba Bavuma: "We are gonna have a bowl first. There is a bit of grass. Looks a bit different. Good for our confidence. It is good that batting got us home. Looking at the wicket. we hope that it assists our bowlers. Same team. Shams is good and so is David. We would want to improve our fielding."
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
South Africa have won the toss and have opted to field first against Bangladesh in the Super 12 match.
South Africa Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis (capt), David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, Chris Morris, Andil Phehlukwayo, Kasigo Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir.
Bangladesh Probable XI: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib-al-Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmadullah, Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain.
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