In the past, South Africa has been more successful at home than Bangladesh. Bangladesh have always lost by large margins in the nine completed ODIs played in South Africa. South Africa has won by such a wide margin that Bangladesh will be the underdogs in this three-match ODI series. Bangladesh are capable of springing a surprise on their opponents and Tamim Iqbal’s Tigers cannot be taken lightly by the Proteas in Friday’s day-night game at Centurion.
The final over goes to Lungi Ngidi. There is a dot, a couple and a single. Ngidi stops in the run-up after one bye. The Mehidy Hasan gets his second six, high and mighty over the fine leg boundary. He ends the 10-run over with a dot. Ngidi’s figures are 1/75, including a maiden. She has run 48 times in the last five and 91 times in the last ten. Mehidy Hasan (19 off 13) and Taskin Ahmed (7 off 5) put on an unbeaten 26 off 13 for the eighth wicket.
In the penultimate over of the innings, Kagiso Rabada bowls. Taskin Ahmed hits a four to deep midwicket off the third ball, followed by a six from Mehidy Hasan over deep midwicket. And the score is 300. We have 15 runs left.
