South Africa Dominates Day 1 Against Bangladesh
The second Test match between Bangladesh and South Africa is underway. The first day of the second Test was dominated by the South African batsmen. South Africa scored 307 for 2 on the first day. Tony De Giorgi is on 141 not out and David Bedingham is on 18 not out.
So on the first day, South Africa pushed Bangladesh back. South Africa have a chance to build a big score in the first innings. Bangladesh may be in trouble if they score past 450. Therefore, this match is tilted towards South Africa on the first day.
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Strong Start for South Africa’s Batsmen
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. As soon as the toss was won, the captain Markram said, ‘We will bat first. Looks like a good pitch. Let’s build a big score on this pitch. Our top six batsmen need to put up big scores. Hopefully, we will put up a big score,’ said Markram before the start of the match. The score of the team is the same.
Aidan Markram and Tony Jorzi got off to a good start. The pair put on a partnership of 69 runs for the first wicket. Then Aiden Markram was dismissed for 33 off the bowling of Taijul Islam. The pair of Toney and Tristan Stubbs made the Bangladesh bowlers sweat for the second wicket.
🚨 TRISTAN STUBBS – MAIDEN TEST & ODI CENTURY IN OCTOBER. 🚨
– The superstar of Proteas batting! pic.twitter.com/g62QuvUWeo
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 29, 2024
For the second wicket, these two shared a partnership of 201 runs. Meanwhile, Tristan Stubbs was dismissed for 106 off 198 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Taijul Islam blasted his hat-trick. Then Tony and David Bedingham added to Bangladesh’s headache.