South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 4 runs in the T20 World Cup.

South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 4 runs in the T20 World Cup.

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In the twenty-first match of the ongoing ICCT20 Cricket World Cup in America and the West Indies, South Africa defeated Bangladesh by a score of four runs.

Bangladesh's 20 overs of given time to reach the target proved fruitless as they could only manage 113 runs at the expense of seven wickets.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in the American city of New York. In the stipulated 20 overs, they produced 113 runs at the expense of six wickets.

On behalf of Bangladesh, Tawheed Hardoy scored 37 runs, Mahmudullah 20 and Najamul Hasan Shanto scored 14 runs.

Seven Bangladeshi batsmen failed to get into double figures.

Earlier, Henrik Klaasen scored 46 runs for South Africa.

David Miller scored 29 while Quinton de Kock scored 18, but captain Aiden Markram scored 4, Reza Hendricks and Tristan Stubbs scored 0 and 0.

On behalf of Bangladesh, Hassan Saqib took 3 wickets, Tasin Ahmed 2 and Rashad Hussain 1 wicket.

Both teams were facing each other for the first time in this event.

Earlier in this event, South Africa won their matches against Sri Lanka and Netherlands while Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka.

In the T20 Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh and South Africa have faced each other 11 times, but South Africa has been dominant in all the matches.

Bangladesh Team:

Tanzeed Hasan, Litan Das, Najamul Hasan Shantu (Captain), Toheed Hardoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehmoodullah, Jaekar Ali, Rashad Hussain, Rasghan Hasan, Tasin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman Bangki were part of the Desi playing XI.

South Africa Team:

Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Johnson, Keshu Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Enrich Noortje and Otniel Baartman were included in South Africa's playing XI.