South Africa won the match by 7 wickets
Currently a two-match Test series is being played between Bangladesh and South Africa (BAN vs SA). So the first match of this series ended today on 24th October after South Africa won by 7 wickets over host South Africa.
On the other hand, after winning this Test match, South Africa has won in Asia after almost 10 years. Earlier, South Africa had won against Sri Lanka by 153 runs in the Galle Test match in 2014.
So this is South Africa’s first win in Bangladesh since 2008. Earlier, the team had achieved a big win by an innings and 205 runs at the Zahoor Ahmed Chaudhary Stadium in Chattogram. So after this victory of South Africa over Bangladesh, stand in captain Aiden Markram has given a big statement. He has given the credit for the victory in the match to the bowlers.
Aiden Markram gave a big statement
After winning this match played at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Aiden Markram was quoted by Cricbuzz during the post match as saying – Really good performance by the team, it is incredible for the team to perform well here for four days. It is physically difficult. The bowlers did well from the front and some good partnerships with the bat helped us get a good lead.
Credit also goes to Bangladesh, they batted well and scored well. It was really good to lose the toss, we would have batted as well. The bowlers bowled really well and did the job for us. I think that’s what happens in the subcontinent, you keep losing wickets.
Bangladesh also bowled well, there were some good things for us in the first innings as well as in the second innings. It’s very enjoyable, Kagiso Rabada has been doing this for a really long time. It’s great for Kyle to come in and step up. A century is a special thing for Vereen and he batted well in subcontinent conditions.