South Africa Cruises over Bangladesh in 1st T20I, Bangladesh Vs South Africa - Statistical Review

South Africa Cruises over Bangladesh in 1st T20I, Bangladesh Vs South Africa – Statistical Review: The first of the 2 T20I series between Bangladesh and South Africa was being played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. After inflicting a crunching series win against the Indians, the Bangladesh side looked to be confident but T20 was quite a difficult format when it comes against an opposition of South Africa’s class.

Opting to bat first, South African batting line up did not seem to enjoy much of a comfort as they were attacked incredibly by the Bangladeshi bowlers. Runs were hard to come by and skipper Faf du Plessis played the anchor part in the innings to take the South African score to 148 runs at the end of 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh suffered an early setback by losing both their openers but a resilient partnership from Shakib and Mushfiqur took them in pace with the asking score. But the partnership did not last long and in the end, Bangladesh kept on losing wickets and in the process were de-tracked from the match. South Africa went onto win the game by a margin of  52 runs.

The Match in Numbers:

• Number of fours hit by Bangladesh/South Africa: 6/11
• Number of Sixes hit by Bangladesh/South Africa: 2/3
• Number of dot deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/South Africa: 39/57
• Number of wide deliveries bowled by Bangladesh/South Africa: 2/2
• Highest scorer of the Match: Faf Du Plessis (79* runs off 61 deliveries with 8 fours)
• Highest wicket taker of the match: JP Duminy (4-0-11-2)
• Runs Scored by Bangladesh/South Africa in the first 6 overs: South Africa -37/2 Bangladesh -37/2
• Total Runs Scored in the Match: 244/14 in 38.5 overs

The other statistical facts of the match:

• It was Litton Das’ first appearance in a T20 International as a wicket keeper.
• It was Du Plessis’ 19^th match as an international T20 captain for South Africa. He has managed to win 10 of them with a win percentage of 52.63%.
• Bangladesh were bundled for a score of 96 runs. This happens to be their fourth lowest total in international T20. The lowest ones being 78 vs. New Zealand in 2010, 83 vs. Sri Lanka in 2007 and 85/9 vs. Pakistan in 2011.
• Du Plessis struck his 5^th international T20 half century today by scoring a total of 79* runs. He has scored 710 runs in international T20 till date.
• The highest partnership in the Bangladeshi innings came for the third wicket between Mushfqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan. It contributed 37 runs.
• The highest partnership for South Africa came in for the 5^th wicket between de Villiers and Rossuow. It contributed 58 runs on the board in 6.4 overs.
• The last 7 wickets of the Bangladeshi innings fell in the span of just 40 runs in 11 overs.
• South Africa won the match by a margin of 52 runs. This happens to be the 45^th highest victory by largest margins (by runs).
• This victory is South Africa’s 5^th biggest win in International T20s. (by runs)
• JP Duminy bowled at an economy rate of 2.75 in the match. This happens to be the third best economy rate by a bowler after bowling the full quota of 4 overs in an international T20. Netherlands’ Paul Van Meekeren stands to be leading the chart with the economy rate of 2.66 in an innings.