South Africa Ends 10-Year Wait with Test Victory in Asia.
South Africa ended the 10-year drought and tasted its first Test win on Asian soil. Aiden Markram-led South African team defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first Test on Thursday. With this, the Proteas team took a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The second and final Test of the series will be played in Chattogram on October 29.
South Africa last defeated Sri Lanka in Galle in 2014. After this, the Proteas team played 15 Test matches in the subcontinent in a decade but kept yearning for victory. Finally, on the strength of Kagiso Rabada’s miraculous bowling and the courageous performance of the batsmen, the South African team was able to end the 10-year drought. Let us tell you that South Africa had achieved the target in 22 overs before lunch on the fourth day. Markram’s special achievement
Aiden Markram became the first captain under whose leadership South Africa won a Test match in Asia in 10 years. Markram’s record as a captain in Test cricket is also 100 percent. South Africa has won all the Test matches so far under his captaincy.
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Rabada’s Magic and Bangladesh’s Collapse
Let us tell you that Bangladesh continued their second innings on the fourth day with a score of 283/7. Mehdi Hasan missed out on completing a century by just three runs. He was the last batsman to be dismissed. Miraz was caught out by Rabada at the hands of Mulder. The host team added 24 runs to their yesterday’s score and were all out at a score of 307 runs.
Naeem Hasan (16) and Taijul Islam (7) were the other batsmen who got out. Kagiso Rabada took six wickets for 46 runs from the South African team. Keshav Maharaj took three wickets. Wiaan Mulder took one wicket. In this way, Bangladesh set a target of 106 runs for South Africa to win.
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South Africa Seals the Win
South Africa, chasing the target of 106 runs, got off to a good start with Tony De Georgi (41) and captain Aiden Markram (20) sharing a 41-run partnership. Taijul Islam broke this partnership by bowling Markram. Georgi then added 29 runs for the second wicket with Tristan Stubbs (30*). Islam gave the Proteas a second blow by getting Georgi caught by Hasan Mahmud.Taijul Islam made David Badingham (12) his third victim. Tristan Stubbs and Ryan Rickleton (1*) sealed South Africa’s victory. Taijul Islam took all three wickets for Bangladesh. Now South Africa will try to clean-sweep Bangladesh by winning the next Test. At the same time, the host team will try to make a strong comeback and level the series 1-1.
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