New Delhi. Bangladesh defeated South Africa by 9 wickets in the third ODI to win the three-match ODI series. This is Bangladesh’s first and historic victory against South Africa. There were two heroes of Bangladesh’s victory in this match, first Taskin Ahmed, who took 5 wickets to bowl out South Africa for only 154 runs, and second captain Tamim Iqbal, who played an unbeaten 84, made the match in the name of Bangladesh in the 24th over. Diya and captured the series 2-1. Apart from Tamim, Liton Das played an innings of 48 runs.
Earlier, Bangladesh had surprised everyone by winning the first ODI by 38 runs at this ground. Bangladesh scored 314 runs in that match and bowled out South Africa for 276 runs.
However, in the second match, South Africa made a spectacular comeback and beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets to level the series at 1-1. Bangladesh could only score 194 runs in this match.
But in the last and decider match, Bangladesh won the series against South Africa for the first time by registering a historic victory. Taskin Ahmed, who was the hero of this series from Bangladesh, became ‘Player of the Series’ and ‘Man of the Match’ in the last match.
Lucknow wanted to include Taskin as Wood’s replacement
IPL 2022’s new team Lucknow Supergiants wanted to include Taskin Ahmed in the team as a replacement for their fast bowler Mark Wood, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board did not approve him to play the IPL and said that he would play the ODI series against South Africa. are. Taskin played a key role in the historic win against South Africa, justifying the board’s decision.
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