Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1: Bangladesh trail by 241 runs

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

The first Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa is being played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong. Today was the first day of the match. RSA, while batting first scored 248 runs for loss of 10 wickets. Bangladesh scored 7 runs in 2 overs with loss of no wicket.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, but they probably regretted the decision later as the entire team was bowled out for 248 runs in just 83.4 overs. Temba Bavuma (54) was the highest scored for RSA. Not any other player could score even a fifty.

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman took 4 wickets for his team while Jubair Hossain got 3 wickets.

South Africa First Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was trailing by 248 runs after RSA's first innings. The hosts played 2 overs of match today and scored 7 runs. Both openers are still at the crease and will continue the game tomorrow.

Bangladesh Day 1 Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Bangladesh won by 9 wkts (D/L method)

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

Bangladesh has won the third and final match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. The team has also won the ODI series with 2-1. Bangladesh team, which is not counted as very big in terms of International cricket, has shown some great performances, first against Pakistan, then India and now, against South Africa. Bangladesh has already won the 2nd ODI match and now, this one. South Africa looked really small in this game and performed bad both with ball and bat.

The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain. Soumya Sarkar has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 90 runs of 75-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, but couldn't do much with the bat. They could only score 168 runs in 40 overs and lost 9 wickets. Jean-Paul Duminy (51) remained the highest scorer while David Miller (44) scored second highest for RSA.

Shakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets for his team.

South Africa Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was given the target of 169 runs, which the team chased down in just 26.1 overs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Soumya Sarkar scored highest 90 runs of 75 balls. Both openers played really well and gave a partnership of 154 runs before Tamim Iqbal were caught out on a personal score of 61 runs. Soumya Sarkar did the job and won the game for his team with 9 wickets remaining.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

 

Bangladesh vs South Africa, 2nd ODI: Ban won by 7 wkts

RSA tour of Bangladesh 2015

The 2nd ODI match of the series between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Sunday, July 12 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. While batting first, RSA scored 162 runs that were chased by Bangladesh in 27.3 overs with 7 wickets remaining. Bangladesh won this match by 7 wickets.

Soumya Sarkar has been the Man of the Match for his 88 runs of 79-balls.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat and were surprisingly bowled out for just 162 runs. It were both the poor batting of RSA players and the brilliant batting performance of Bangladeshi players. Not a single player could score a fifty for South Africa. RSA scored 162 runs in 46 overs with the loss of 10 wickets.

The bowling performance of Bangladeshi players was extraordinary. Mustafizur Rahman and Nasir Hossain got 3 wickets each while Rubel Hossain took 2 wickets.

South Africa Innings Score Card

Bangladesh was given a target of 163 runs, which they chased in just 27.4 overs with 7 wickets remaining. Soumya Sarkar scored 88 runs of 79 balls and was chosen the Man of the Match. Mahmudullah also managed to get a fifty. Overall, the performance of Bangladesh team was brilliant both with the ball and the bat.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card

Bangladesh vs RSA, 1st ODI: South Africa won by 8 wkts

South Africa tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

The first ODI match between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Friday, 10th of July at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first and scored 160 runs in 36.3 overs for 10 wickets. RSA while playing second, chased the target in 31.1 overs for lost of 2 wickets and won the match by 8 wickets.

Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Mashrafe Mortaza, Jubair Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh chose to bat first, but the decision clearly was not in their favor. The whole team could only score 160 runs for 10 wickets in 36.3 Overs. Shakib Al Hasan scored the highest 48 runs in 51 balls.

Kagiso Rabada took 6 wickets for South Africa and was chosen the Man of the Match.

Bangladesh Score Card

South Africa Squad: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir

RSA was given a target of 161 runs that they chased down with 8.5 overs and 8 wickets remaining and won the match by 8 wickets. Faf du Plessis scored highest  63 runs in 75 balls and remained not out.

Nasir Hossain and Mashrafe Mortaza got 1 wicket each for Bangladesh.

South Africa Score Card

Bangladesh vs South Africa 2nd T20: RSA won by 31 runs

SA tour of Bangladesh 2015

 

 

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The 2nd T20 match between Bangladesh and South Africa was played on Tuesday, July 07 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. RSA won this match by 31 runs. South Africa already won the first T20 match against Bangladesh with this victory, the team has won the T20 series with 2-0. Eddie Leie has been chosen the Man of the Match for his 3 wickets haul for 16 runs in 3 overs.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat in the 2nd T20 International.

South Africa Squad: AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Rilee Rossouw, David Wiese, Wayne Parnell, Eddie Leie, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott

Openers Quinton de Kock (44) and AB de Villiers (40) gave a good start to the team and David Miller (30) and Rilee Rossouw (19) took the score to a total of 169 runs. Nasir Hossain took highest 2 wickets for Bangladesh.

South Africa Innings



Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Mashrafe Mortaza, Rony Talukdar, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh had already lost its first T20 match against SA and the confidence level is not always very good when you are playing against a big team like RSA. In this match though, Bangladesh team gave a good fight with Soumya Sarkar (37) and others played their roles, but the team could not chase the total in 20 overs and was bowled out for 138 runs with 4 balls remaining.

Kyle Abbott, Eddie Leie & Aaron Phangisoeach took 3 wickets for South Africa.

Bangladesh Innings

Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st T20: SA won by 52 runs

South Africa tour of Bangladesh 2015

South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 2015 started from Sunday, July 05 with a T20 match. The tour comprises of 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, 2 T20s matches, which will be played over next month. South Africa won first T20 match by 52 runs in a really interesting match. Read highlights here.

First T20 match was played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, which was not a wrong decision as the team managed to score 148 runs in 20 overs for 4 wickets. Captain du Plessis scored highest 79 runs out of 61 balls and was chosen the Man of the Match. The game was short but much interesting.

South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, David Wiese, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott

South Africa Innings Score card



Bangladesh, which played second could not chase the score due to poor batting performance of its players or say, better bowling performance of SA players. Shakib Al Hasan was the highest scorer for Ban, who scored 26 runs for 30 balls. Bangladesh team couldn't even survive for 20 overs and was bowled out for 96 runs with 1.1 overs remaining. South Africa won this match by 52 runs.

Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Arafat Sunny

Bangladesh Innings Score card

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India vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI, India finishes with a Win

 

India tour of Bangladesh, 2015: Indian team finishes the series with a fantastic win although the team has lost the series by 2-1. The third and final ODI match between India and Bangladesh was played on 24th June, 2015 as a part of 3-match ODI series on India tour of Bangladesh, 2015 (find details). Team India won the match by 77 runs leaving the series at 2-1. Suresh Raina was given the Man of the Match award for his 38 runs score of 21 balls and bowling figure of 3/45.

Mustafizur Rahman has been awarded with the Man of the Series for picking 13 wickets in total.

India started batting first and managed a respectable score of 317/6 in 50 overs with 4 wickets in hand. Shikhar Dhawan (75), Dhoni (69) and Raina (38) took the team to a very good score to gave a challenging fight to the opposing team. Raina managed to become the Man of the Match.

Indian Innings Score card

Bangladesh team also gave a good fight while chasing the score of 318 runs, but the score was too big for them to chase. The complete team got out at the score of 240 with 3 overs remaining. Sabbir Rahman remained the highest personal scorer in Bangladesh team with his 43 runs of 38 balls.

Bangladesh Innings Score Card



The score cards here have been taken from the leading cricket website cricbuzz.com

India vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI Preview, India will play to save its Pride

India tour of Bangladesh, 2015

After losing first two ODIs against Bangladesh on its Bangladesh tour, 2015, Indian Cricket Team is set to play the third and final ODI on 24th June at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. The match will start at 14:30 (IST).

As of now, India will be playing to save its dignity and pride in the series. The team has already lost the series by losing 2 out of 3 matches. This will be the chance for Indian team to save the remaining pride with them. Indian team has already lost both 2 matches against Bangladesh showing poor team performance in this series. On the other hand, Bangladesh team has shown a great performance in both two matches.

Match: Bangladesh vs India, 3rd ODI, India tour of Bangladesh, 2015

Schedule: Wed, Jun 24, 2015 9:00 AM GMT (14:30 IST)

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Teams
 

Indian Squad of 15: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(c/w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Stuart Binny

Bangladesh Squad of 15: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das(w), Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Rony Talukdar, Arafat Sunny, Mominul Haque, Jubair Hossain

The match will be interesting to watch as the Bangladesh team is full of confident by their recent success and is willing to win the final match of the series. On the other end, Team India is expecting to enjoy the game and will play without the fear of lose, in the words of captain M.S. Dhoni

Stay tuned!