Cricket South Africa
Career-best figures from fast bowling duo, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje led the charge for South Africa as they completed an emphatic six-wicket win against Bangladesh in their penultimate ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super-12 encounter at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
South Africa's third win of the tournament moves them to six points in Group 1, extending their points gap to two on Australia in third place with one more round-robin game to play against England on Saturday, 06 November.
After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, the Proteas bowlers hit their marks from ball one as they bowled out Bangladesh for a palty 84 runs in 18.2 overs.
Rabada recorded his best T20 International figures of 3/20 in four overs and Nortje a remarkable 3/8 in 3.2 overs.
Faced with defending a below-par score of 85 to deny the Proteas a victory, Taskin Ahmed (2-18) and Hasan (1-19) provided Bangladesh with a glimmer of hope with three early wickets before the South African batters took the game out of reach.
Rassie van der Dussen (22) and skipper Bavuma (32*) combined to good effect for a 47-run partnership for the fourth wicket to help South Africa chase the score down and secure the result with 6.3 overs to spare.
