South Africa [195/4] beat Bangladesh [175/9] by 20 runs in the first T20I, lead series 1-0

[UN talkz]

SQUADS

South Africa : Quinton de Kock(w), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy(c), David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dane Paterson, Beuran Hendricks, Aaron Phangiso, Mangaliso Mosehle, Robert Frylinck

Bangladesh : Imrul Kayes, Liton Das(w), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shafiul Islam, Soumya Sarkar

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

BD couldn't do anything in their strongest format,what can they do in their weakest format???!!! Nothing to hope. BD is still minnow in T20I. Anyway,Good luck to them.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

The score would be 0/3 if bd bat first or second. What to hope if their is garbage like sir imrul,sir liton and sir samiya sarkhar in the top 3 and all of them goes in 20 odd runs max????

 

[Bilal7]

Two Amla's batting out there, lol. de Kock lost his shirt and had to borrow one of Amla's.

 

[another drop catch]

real Amla gone

 

[Last Monetarist]

Pretty atrocious shot from Amla to get bowled by a fairly innocuous off-break. Somehow doubt whether that's the best outcome for Bangladesh with de Villiers in next.

 

[Watsupdoc]

AB just wow

 

[Ted123]

Get him out soon or he will destroy you

 

[another drop catch]

Africa 97-2 in 10 overs
A B de villers gone
Bangla will win it

 

[Last Monetarist]

De Kock should have been runout after a direct hit from the deep but the umpire gave him not out. Fair bit of controversy as Shakib brushed one of the bails with his hand, which caused it to light up and raised debate whether the bail was dislodged from the groove. Ludicrous that they use these bails that light up, no more than cosmetic nonsense. Bangladesh have been robbed.

 

[another drop catch]

Proteas 177 still ten balls to go

 

[another drop catch]

196 to win
common boyz we can chase it

 

[Godhelpma]

Bangladeshi boys need to have Atleast 3 proper fast bowlers to be competitive at international level .Otherwise they would face such kind of phainty every time they step out of home. First of all ,hire a good bowling coach like Donald or some Pakistani fast bowler who can teach them a fast bowler mentality along with technical steps of fast bowling . It looks very bad to neutral fans of BD the kind of hammering Bd receives without good fast bowlers.

 

[hadi123]

Great start for Bangladesh in this huge chase. Sarkar looking good

 

[hadi123]

Just as I say that, Bangladesh lose a wicket

 

[another drop catch]

43-1
in just 4 overs
boys are smashing proteas bowlers in powerplay

 

[another drop catch]

97-3
huge responsiblity on mushfiq to take Bangladesh over the line

 

[another drop catch]

As i type Mushfiq gone

 

[bujhee kom]

Sarkar was key here. Beastly player. It is a lack of awareness not talent keeping BD mid-table. To top the big sides we need a more mature cricketing culture.

 

[saeed5646]

Sarkar was key here. Beastly player. It is a lack of awareness not talent keeping BD mid-table. To top the big sides we need a more mature cricketing culture.

wake up not in mid table at the 10th in t20 ranking below afghanistan

 

[King-Misbah]

Sarkar was key here. Beastly player. It is a lack of awareness not talent keeping BD mid-table. To top the big sides we need a more mature cricketing culture.

There is lack of talent in Bangladesh; especially in the bowling. Let's be honest. You can not win many matches when your bowlers average more then your batsman.

 

[Abdullah719]

ANDILE PHEHLUKWAYO led a good performance by the Standard Bank Proteas rookie bowling attack to enable them to beat Bangladesh by 20 runs in the first of two KFC T20 International matches at the Mangaung Oval on Thursday evening.

The second match will be played at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Sunday afternoon.

Phehlukwayo returned the outstanding figures of 2/25 to stop the promising start Bangladesh made to their innings and then Dane Paterson bowled superbly at the death with his figures of 2/29.

New cap Robbie Frylinck could also feel satisfied with his debut figures of 2/33.

Bangladesh were in with a shout when they scored 90 runs in the first 9 overs before Phehlukwayo captured the key wicket of Soumya Sarkar (47 off 31 balls, 5 fours and 2 sixes).

The Proteas won the toss and opted to bat first and their more than competitive total of 195/4 was set up by the second wicket partnership of 79 between Quinton de Kock (71 off 44 balls, 5 fours and a six) and man of the match AB de Villiers (49 off 27 balls, 8 fours) and then rounded off by David Miller and Farhaan Behardien who added a critical 62 in the last 5 overs.

Behardien played one of his most impressive innings for the Proteas of 36 off 17 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Mehidy Hasan was the pick of the Bangladesh attack with his figures of 2/31 in 4 overs.