In the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh were bowled out for 101 runs by South Africa to record their first win.
South Africa team led by Demba Bouma and Bangladesh team led by Shakib Al Hasan clashed today in the T20 World Cup Super 12 round in Australia. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. Accordingly, captain Bauma and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock were the openers. However, Bangladesh right-arm fast bowler Duskin Ahmed was unable to handle the delivery and Captain Bouma scored 2 runs off 6 balls and lost his wicket in the first over after being caught by the wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan.
After the first wicket, the pair of De Kock and Riley Rousseau ravaged the Bangladesh bowlers with fours and sixes. De Kock, who had scored 63 runs off 38 balls with 3 sixes and 7 pounds, was dismissed by right-arm bowler Afif Hussain. On the other hand, Riley Russo, who showed a calm yet active performance, scored 109 runs off 56 balls and took the wicket. They scored 205 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
The Bangladesh team, which came into the field with a target of 206 runs, could not cope with the bowling of the South African team from the beginning and lost successive wickets. The players of that team were dismissed in single digit runs, only Liton Das played calmly. However, the Bangladesh team lost all wickets and scored only 101 runs in 16.3 overs. Liton Das scored 34 runs and Soumya Sarkar scored 15 runs. For South Africa, Anrich Nordje took 4 wickets, Dabriz Shamsi took 3 wickets, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj took one wicket each.
With a huge win in this match, South Africa team has topped the points table in Group 2 with 3 points. At the same time, the Bangladesh team, which suffered a heavy defeat, has moved to the 3rd place with 2 points.