The 30^th match of the T20 World Cup 2021 saw South Africa clashing against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi on November 2, 2021. South Africa won the toss and chose to field first.

Bangladesh was coming into this match having lost all their past 3 matches, while South Africa had lost just one match previously. And Proteas bowlers came to the party as the Tigers’ batters had no answer to them.

Liton Das (24) and Mahedi Hasan (27) were the top scorers for Bangladesh as Kagiso Rabada (3/20), Anrich Nortje (3/8) and Tabraiz Shamsi (2/21) routed them out for 84 runs in 18.2 overs.

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In reply, Bangladesh managed to pick four Proteas wickets but Rassie van der Dussen’s 22 and 31* from captain Temba Bavuma was enough for the team to win the match by 6 wickets in the 14^th over. Taskin Ahmed picked 2/18 for Bangladesh.

Kagiso Rabada was named the Player of the Match for crushing the Bangladesh top order with wickets of Mohammad Naim, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Soumya Sarkar.

Brief Scores:

BAN 84 (M HASAN 27; A NORTJE 3/8, K RABADA 3/20) lost to SA 86/4 (T BAVUMA 31*, R vd DUSSEN 22) by 6 wickets