South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj celebrates the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah Riyad through the ICC Males’s T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and South Afica on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Monday, June 10, 2024.
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South Africa certified for the Tremendous Eight quarterfinal stage of the ICC Males’s Twenty20 World Cup after left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj defended 11 within the remaining over and safe a four-run win in opposition to Bangladesh at Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New York, USA.
Chasing 114 to win within the Group D match Bangladesh got here near what ought to have been their second win within the match, however after loosing two wickets within the remaining over from Maharaj it was not possible to recover from the end line.
Maharaj conceded a large, a single, and a double to start out the over then bought Jaker Ali caught for eight with the third ball, adopted by Mahmudullah additionally being caught in the identical over for 20.
With a six required off the final ball, batsman Taskin Ahmed may solely get one run to enabling South Africa to their third win in as many matches, topping the five-team group desk with six factors.
Maharaj was essentially the most profitable South African bowler, ending with three for 27 from his 4 overs, however pacers Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada end with spells of two for 17 and a couple of for 19 respectively, from their 4 overs.
Selecting to bat first, T20 World Cup document 79-run, fifth wicket stand between Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller enabled South Africa to achieve 113 for six from their allotted 20 overs after their batting order collapse and had them staggering on 25 for 4 after the primary six overs. Pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib bagged 3 for 18 from his 4 overs.
Klaasen prime scored with 46 runs to earn the Participant-of-the-Match award, and Miller supported with 29.
A 44-run, fifth wicket stand between Towhid Hridoy and Mahmudullah appeared to place them on monitor for victory however the bold South African bowlers made it tough for them to attain.
Hope began to fade for Bangladesh when Hridoy was lbw to Rabada for the highest rating of 37. They wanted 20 from the final 17 balls of the match for his or her first win in opposition to the South Africans in 9 tries however was unable to take action as they managed to attain 109 runs.
