Bangladesh and South Africa will take the field at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday in the Test Championship match. The two teams are facing each other for the first time in the third round clash of the Test Championship
This series of two matches is very important for both teams. Both teams have a chance to go to the final. That is why Bangladesh and South Africa will be eyeing full 24 points from two Test matches. Expect the fight to be tight at 22 yards. Let’s take a look at the statistics of the two teams before entering the field.
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The two teams have faced each other in 14 Tests so far. Where South Africa won 12. Bangladesh did not win any match. But two have drawn.
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South Africa scored the highest 583 runs in the encounter. They scored this run for 7 wickets in February 2008. Bangladesh’s highest score against South Africa is 326. The hosts made this run in Chittagong in 2015.
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Bangladesh has a record of 53 runs against South Africa. Apart from this, Shantar’s team has the record of all outs below 100 twice (80 and 90).
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In 2017, the Potchefstroom Test turned into a festival of runs. Seva scored 1153 runs with 29 wickets falling.
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The biggest win. South Africa won by an innings and 254 runs in Bloemfontein. Which is the biggest win between the two teams. Bangladesh lost seven more matches against the Proteas in the innings interval. In addition, they lost three times by the margin of runs. Where the highest margin is 333 runs.
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Graeme Smith scored the most runs among the batsmen of the two teams. Smith’s 743 runs in 9 innings in 8 matches. Run average 67.91.
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Smith’s personal innings of 232 runs is the highest run. Smith scored this run in Chittagong in 2008 against 277 balls. He decorated the innings with 33 fours and 1 six.
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Hashim Amla scored the maximum 3 centuries among the batsmen of the two teams. In addition, Smith also scored 3 centuries. Apart from this, only Gary Karstran (2) and Dean Elgar (2) have centuries.
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Among the cricketers of the two teams, Khaled Ahmed and Mohammad Rafiq have received the most call-ups of 3 each.
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Dean Elgar scored the most runs in a series. Elgar scored 330 runs in 3 innings in 2 matches. Run average 110.00.
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Pacer Makhaya Ntini has taken the most wickets among the bowlers of the two teams with 35 wickets. Ntini got this success with an average of 2.54 economy and 16.37 in 16 innings in 8 matches.
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Kebab Maharaj holds the record for best bowling. The left-arm spinner has taken 7 wickets twice.
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Five bowlers took five wickets twice in an innings. Where only Shakib Al Hasan is among the bowlers of Bangladesh. Other Protea bowlers include Paul Adams, Kagiso Rabada, Jacques Kallis and Keshav Maharaj.
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Keshav Maharaj took 16 wickets in the series once. He scored these runs at an average of 12.12 and an economy of 2.33 in 2 matches.
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The historic opening pair of 415 runs remains the highest even today. Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie scored 415 runs in the opening partnership in February 2008.
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The unbroken 429-run partnership between Bangladesh and South Africa is the highest run by any wicket-keeping partnership in cricket. In 2003 Jacques Rudolph and Botea Diepenner scored 429 runs.
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Mushfiqur Rahim has played 10 Tests and holds the record for the most number of matches between the cricketers of the two teams.
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