The South Africa pace bowling unit rattled Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Dwaine Pretorious shared seven wickets out of the ten between themselves. While Rabada dismantled the Bangladesh top-order, Nortje never really let the batters take an upper hand during the course.
After being put in to bat by South Africa, Bangladesh openers Naim Sheikh and Liton Das were off to a decent start as the two put 22 runs on the board in the fourth over. But Naim’s dismissal for 9 off 11 broke the shackles as Rabada just ripped apart the batting order and picked up a couple of more wickets in the power play itself.
While Bangladesh lost wickets in quick succession, Das tried to hold the fort from one end but he was eventually undone by Tabraiz Shamsi for a 36-ball 24 after being trapped in front of the stumps.
Bangladesh were left tottering at 45/6 when Mahedi Hasan walked in the middle. Hasan tried his level best to provide some resistance to the side but he too fell short of partners at the other end. He was later caught and bowled by Nortje off a well-directed short ball for 27 off 25.
The Bangla Tigers could only manage to score 84 in 18.2 overs before they were bowled out. While Rabada and Nortje scalped three wickets each, Shamsi returned with figures of 2/21 in 4 overs.