🏏ICC Men's T20I WC 2022 - S 12- Group 2- South Africa vs Bangladesh🏏 - Page 3

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to bat

Temba Bavuma: We will have a bat.

The captains have walked down to the middle. The toss shouldn't be far away. So, a little delay.

Pitch report: The outfield seems to be in good touch. The square boundaries isn't that big. It is slightly drier. On a length there are some cracks. Still a belter of a track.

1.26pm Shaun Pollock presents the pitch report, where he points out the bigger boundaries on most sides. Carlos Brathwaite says the pitch is slightly dry, with a crack here and there. He calls it "still a belter of a track", while Pollock hopes the spinners will come into play today.

South Africa have won the toss and have opted to bat

Temba Bavuma: We will have a bat. We feel it is the best for our side. The wicket looks a little drier and we have an extra spinner in our side. We will try to control what's happening in the middle.

Shakib Al Hasan: We would have batted first. We don't mind chasing because there is some forecast of rain, We have gone in with one more spinner as it will be different from Hobart. We can improve in all departments. It is all about expressing yourself today. We will have to play good cricket over a period of 40 overs to win against a quality side like SA.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das(w), Shakib Al Hasan(c), Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nurul Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Thanks for the tag Madhu. 🤗

SA should win this match against BAN easily as they’ve better players.

P.S Please tag me in India matches.

13:52 Local Time, 02:52 GMT, 08:22 IST: Live visuals show the sun out and the covers off. We are almost set for the anthems. Hopefully we are set for a full day of good weather.

13:42 Local Time, 02:42 GMT, 08:12 IST: The covers are back on. There was a slight drizzle when the toss was happening. But the players are unconcerned. They go about their practices even as Nortje chooses one of the two balls to be used. Bavuma is seen talking to Boucher.

South Africa (1/20 ov) 2/1

Bangladesh

South Africa chose to bat.

South Africa (1.6/20 ov) 10/1

Bangladesh

South Africa chose to bat.

Current RR: 5.00

South Africa (4/20 over) 42/1

Bangladesh

South Africa chose to bat.

Current RR: 10.50