Bangladesh crush South Africa to craft yet another series win, Bangladesh v South Africa 3rd ODI - Statistical Review

Bangladesh crush South Africa to craft yet another series win, Bangladesh v South Africa 3rd ODI – Statistical Review: After the series got squared at 1-1, Bangladesh was all charged up to seal the series in their favour with a win in the third ODI. Opting to bat first, South African batting was put to despair by marvellous bowling by the Bangladeshis. They lost wickets in frequent intervals and were restricted to a score of 168 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. In reply, it was a maverick display of batting from the Bangladesh, courtesy Soumya Sarkar. South African bowling seemed far below ordinary in front of such blistering batting display from Tamim Iqbal and Sarkar. Eventually, the target was chased down in 26 overs and Bangladesh won the game by 9 wickets. With this emphatic victory, Bangladesh sealed the series in favour of them and in the process they continue their triumphant march at home.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of fours hit by Bangladesh/South Africa: 21/14
• Number of Sixes hit by Bangladesh/South Africa: 1/0
• Number of wide deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/South Africa: 2/9
• Total Number of dot deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/South Africa: 136/80
• Highest Scorer of the Match: Soumya Sarkar (90 runs off 75 deliveries with 13 fours and a six)
• Highest wicket taker of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan (8-0-33-3)
• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 338/10 in 66.1 overs

The other Statistical Facts of the Match:

• Tamim Iqbal scored a total of 61 runs today in the match and this marked his 37^th 50+ score in ODIs. This is the highest by any Bangladesh batsman. Shakib is in second position with 36, 50+ scores.
• After scoring 692 runs in 19 ODIs, Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar averages 49.42 in ODIs. This is the highest by any Bangladeshi batsman.
• Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal contributed 154 runs for the opening stand in 24.4 overs and this marked the highest opening stand by any Bangladesh opening pair.
• By taking 3 wickets in the match, Shakib Al Hasan became the second Bangladeshi players to clinch 200 wickets in ODIs. Also, he is the second highest wicket taker for Bangladesh in ODIs with 201 wickets. Next to him is Mashrafe Mortaza with 199 wickets.
• It was the 7^th consecutive innings for Hashim Amla when he failed to score a half century. This is his longest streak for such a dry patch.
• Shakib Al Hasan became the 7^th player in the history of ODI cricket to have scored 4000+ runs in ODIs and have taken 200+ wickets.
• Quinton de Kock has been out of form for a prolonged time now. As a matter of fact, he averages just 17.5 in 2015.
• It was Mortaza’s 25^th match as the captain of Bangladesh. He has been on the winning side for 17 times and has lost on 8 occasions.