South Africa created historical past on Monday by effectively defending the lowest complete historical past of the ICC T20 World Cup. In an exhilarating Group stage sport, the Proteas managed to defend a modest goal of 114 runs in opposition to Bangladesh, who fell simply 4 runs wanting victory on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New York.
This historic feat by South Africa surpassed the file set by India simply hours earlier.India had defended a goal of 120 runs in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan on the identical venue of their Group A T20 World Cup conflict.
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The sport additionally marked the bottom complete ever defended by South Africa in T20 Internationals, surpassing their earlier better of defending 116 runs in opposition to Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2013.
Successful the toss, South Africa elected to bat first. They confronted early setbacks, struggling at 24/4. They reached 113/6 in 20 overs, thanks to the efforts of Heinrich Klaasen (46 off 44 balls, four fours and a six) and David Miller (29 off 38 balls), who also contributed to their success.
For Bangladesh, Tanzim Hasan Sakib was the standout bowler with figures of three/18, whereas Taskin Ahmed contributed with 2/19 in his 4 overs.
In the chase, Bangladesh were 50/4 in 9.5 balls, but Towhid Hridoy’s power (37 off 34 balls, four fours and four sixes) brought them back into the sport. Mahmudullah (20 off 27 balls, with four) was winning it for Bangladesh until he was caught by Aiden Markram and their hopes ended.
Bangladesh’s innings concluded at 109/7 in 20 overs, 4 runs wanting the goal, in a heart-wrenching end.
At 27/3, Keshav Maharaj was South Africa’s hero with the ball. Kagiso Rabada (2/19) and Anrich Nortje (17/2) added crucial spells.
With this win, South Africa sit on the prime of Group D with three wins in three video games, totaling six factors. Bangladesh, with one win and one loss, is at quantity two with two factors.
