‌SA vs BAN | Twitter reacts to Klaasen-Maharaj heroic eclipse Bangladesh to confirm Proteas Super Eight chance 

Brief Scores: SA: 113/6 [Klaasen: 46, Miller: 29; Sakib: 4-0-18-3] defeat BAN: [Shanto: 37, Mahmadullah: 20; Maharaj: 4-27-3] by four runs

Winning the coin-flip and electing to bat first backfired for South Africa captain Aiden Markram as they lost four wickets inside the powerplay, courtesy of a fiery spell from Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib. Quinton de Kock’s charge did not last long as the pace duo left the Proteas reeling at 25/4 in six overs. Subsequently, David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen stepped up, and soaked the pressure to stabilise the stage with the latter peppering back-to-back sixes to take South Africa to 57/4 in ten overs. They could add 27 runs in the next five overs and the run rate pressure resulted in a much-needed Bangladesh breakthrough as Taskin Ahmed cleaned up Klaasen in the 18th over. David Miller followed suit in the next over and the lower order could end up taking the tally to just 113 in 20 overs. 

In response, Bangladesh incurred an early blow as Tanzid Hasan Tamim edged one to the keeper off Kagiso Rabada in the second over. Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto played through the 29-run powerplay before Anrich Nortje and Keshav Maharaj made further inroads, reducing Bangladesh to 50/4 midway through the chase. Towhid Hridoy and Mahmadullah Riyad added 33 runs in the next five overs with the former negating dot ball pressure with periodic boundaries. Subsequently, Nortje conceded just four runs to finish off a brilliant spell of 4-0-17-2 before Kagiso Rabada removed Towhid Hridoy in the 18th over and reduced the equation to 18 required off 12 balls. Excellent running between the wickets helped the Tigers bring it down to eleven off six before Markram’s only reliable option, Keshav Maharaj baited Jaker Ali on the third ball of the final over. With seven needed from three, a leg bye and Mahmadullah’s wicket followed with Maharaj handing a four-run win to almost steal a Super Eight spot.

Tragedy

One more low scoring match

Missing

Producing thrillers

No enough runs

Choke or win?

Lesson learned

Showing his class

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