By Khadija Rizwan 
Credits: ICC via Getty Images
The match started with Naim and Liton Das opening the innings for Bangladesh. Naim joined Liton with his first boundary in the third over. BAN was now at 17/0 after 3 overs. Kagiso Rabada came in and traps Sarkar in front and bagged 2 wickets in 2 balls. No hat-trick for Rabada but he grabs a third wicket. Tabraiz Shamsi striked in his first over. Litton’s innings came to an end. A spectacular performance from South Africa leads to them bowling out Bangladesh for just 84 runs in 20 overs.
De Kock and R Hendricks began the innings for South Africa.Taskin Ahmed opened the attack and strikes on the last ball of his first over. Reeza Hendricks walks back for just 4 runs. Mahedi Hasan bowled Quinton de Kock and he is gone for 16. South Africa lost their third wicket within powerplay and was at 33/3 after 6 overs. SA scored 80/4 after 13 overs. SA single hadedly won the game against Bangladesh. Nortje (3/8) in 3.2 overs and Rabada (3/20) in 4 overs helped SA to rsetrict Bangladesh for just 85 runs. After a few early wickets, captain Bavuma (31*) held his nerve to guide the team home with a victory.
MATCH NOTES:
Match: Match 30
STADIUM: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Umpires: Jeff Crowe, Paul Reiffel, Richard Illingworth
Match Referee: Chris Brown
Toss: SA won the toss and elected to field.
PLAYING XI:
BANGLADESH: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das (WK), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (C), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed.
SOUTH AFRICA: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (WK), Temba Bavuma (C), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje , Tabraiz Shamsi.
BRIEF SCORECARD:
BANGLADESH: 84 (18.2 overs)
SOUTH AFRICA: 86/4 (13.3 overs)
Player Of The Match:
Kagiso Rabada
3/20 (4 overs)
RESULT:
South Africa won by 6 wickets with 39 balls remaining.
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