BAN vs SA 2024/25, BAN vs SA Second Test Match Report, 29 October – 2 November 2024

Bangladesh 159 (Mominul 82, Rabada 5-37, Paterson 2-31, Maharaj 2-57) trail South Africa 575 for December 6 for 416 runs

South Africa took a 416-run lead after Bangladesh were bowled out for 159 in the 38th minute of the second session of the third day. With Bangladesh 216 running away from the follow-on slip, South Africa decided to take it, spending 45.2 overs on the field and leaving more than two days in the game.

Mominul HaqThe bowler’s resistance was finally broken in the sixth over after the lunch break when the all-rounder’s first ball of left-arm spin bowling Senuran Muthusamy swung back at him and hit the front pad. It was given out for the pound and looked at, but the ball appeared to sail past the outside edge without touching the ball and the on-field decision was upheld. Mominul was dismissed 18 runs short of his 14th Test hundred. His 103-run stand Taijul Islam It was Bangladesh’s third-highest partnership against South Africa and the fourth-highest ninth-wicket partnership of all time.

Muthusamy, who did not play until the 36th over, had two more opportunities to complete the innings. Taijul hit it to long-on but Ryan Rickelton couldn’t get to the ball and then forced Naheed Rana to lbw which Rana successfully saved. Keshav Maharaj ended the innings by returning his catch, giving him a return of 2 for 57.

Rabada average 7.78 so far is the highest among all South Africans in a series in which a bowler has taken at least ten wickets. He currently has 14 wickets in two matches.

His efficiency remains unmatched and the only bowler to take a wicket in this session was Dane Paterson. Mushfiqur Rahim gifted Tony de Zorzi a catch at square leg to head for a second-ball duck in the midst of a major collapse. Mushfiqur was the second of four batters dismissed in the space of 12 balls as Bangladesh’s wickets fell at a rapid pace.

Things started calmly and it took 23 balls before South Africa made their first cut. Rabada sent Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto out of action with a ball that spit out of the surface. He wasn’t sure whether to drive or block and got the edge on Kyle Verrein. Four balls later, Mushfiq Rahim was dismissed. And in the subsequent over, Rabada took two wickets in three balls, first by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who followed a ball that went out and was caught behind, and then when debutant Mahidul Islam raised his hands to his shoulders during a delivery that hit him on the knee. . This gave Rabada his second top five in as many Tests and second place on the subcontinent.

South Africa presented Maharaja for six overs in the morning and Mominul took over the batting. He needed ten runs off two deliveries to score over 50 in Bangladesh and avoid being dismissed for one of the three lowest scores in Test cricket. When Rabada was removed a little later, Bangladesh were able to relax a little, although South Africa demanded almost everything.

Maharaj heard two appeals against Taijul. The first kick clipped the leg but was upheld by the referee, while the second hit went out of bounds. He eventually managed to make a weight decision when Langton Ruser gave Mominul out when he missed a clear, but Mominul immediately reconsidered and UltraEdge showed insufficient advantage. Mominul was 37 years old at the time. He took a fifty off 76 balls from Maharaj and South Africa thought they had caught him at leg slip later in the over. However, replays showed that the ball had come off the valve of his front pad.

Rabada was returned 15 minutes before lunch and immediately thought he had a sixth. Mominul seemed to be grabbed by the leg, but Rabada stepped over the edge. In response, Mominul bowled Rabada’s next ball for four. The left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Muthusamy was given his first bowling five minutes before lunch and he started with a half-volley that Mominul bowled at mid-off for four. He pulled Rabada through midwicket and went into the 70s just after lunch.