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Bavuma rescues South Africa as they beat Bangladesh by six wickets

ABU DHABI: Temba Bavuma rescued South Africa in a low-scoring match followed by their six-wicket win over Bangladesh in T20 World Cup 2021. 

Bavuma kept his nerves calm when South Africa lost a couple of quick wickets. Bangladeshi bowlers tried hard with the ball but a paltry target of 85 couldn’t make it their day.

Sent into bat first, Bangladesh lost their control after their first opener Mohammad Naim fell off Kagiso Rabada.

A couple of dismissals followed the line and South African bowlers completely dominated. Liton Das (24) and Mahedi Hasan (27) tried to save the Bangladeshi batting line but the day belonged to South African bowlers. Das struck a boundary whereas Hasan smashed two boundaries and a six.

Rabada and Anrich Nortje bagged three wickets each, Tabraiz Shamsi took two while Dwaine Preterious managed to take a scalp.

In reply, South Africa lost Reeza Hendricks earlier followed by Quinton De Kock (14) and Aiden Markram (0). But, Rassie van der Dussen (22) and Bavuma (31*) scored 47 runs together to set the tone for a low-score chase.

For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed took two wickets while Hasan and Nasum Ahmed shared a wicket apiece.

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