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 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