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BAN vs SA Day 3 Highlights: Rabada’s 5-Fer; Maharaj, Muthusamy’s Spin Show Hand Visitors 2-0 Win

Aakash Saini

South African bowlers celebrating a Bangladeshi wicket on Day 3 [Source: @ProteasMenCSA/x]South African bowlers celebrating a Bangladeshi wicket on Day 3 [Source: @ProteasMenCSA/x]

South African spinners Keshav Maharaj and Senuran Muthusamy as well as senior paceman Kagiso Rabada pulverized Bangladesh on Day 3 to secure a huge innings victory at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. The outcome also helped the Proteas claim a remarkable 2-0 series win over the hosts.

Here’s the timeline of how BAN vs SA panned out in Chattogram:

BAN vs SA Highlights: Kagiso Rabada Completes Five, SA Enforce Follow-On

Kagiso Rabada broke through Bangladesh’s middle-order early on Day 3 with the wickets of overnight batter Najmul Hossain Shanto and that of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mahidul Islam Ankon in quick succession. Rabada’s three-wicket burst in the morning session reduced Bangladesh from their overnight score of 38-4 to 48-8 in the space of just six overs.

Coupled with his two early wickets late on Day 2, the South African pace legend picked up his 16th five-fer in Tests and claimed astonishing figures of 5-37 in just his nine-over innings workload. Lifting their team from a precarious 48-8, Bangladesh’s number four batter Mominul Haque punched out 82 fighting runs from 112 balls with eight boundaries and two sixes to form a valiant 103-run partnership with tailender Taijul Islam (30 off 95) for the ninth wicket.

Shortly after taking Bangladesh past the 150-run mark, both Mominul and Taijul were accounted for by Senuran Muthusamy (1-10) and Keshav Maharaj (2-57) respectively as the two Proteas spinners wrapped up the hosts for just 159. With a strong lead of 416 runs, South African captain Aiden Markram enforced a follow-on to Bangladesh.

BAN vs SA Highlights: Senuran Muthusamy Breaks Bangladeshi Top Order

Chasing a huge deficit of 416 runs just to make South Africa bat again, Bangladesh lost opener Shadman Islam to a fourth-stump line ball from visiting paceman Dane Paterson at 15-1 in 5.1 overs. Left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy further piled on Bangladesh’s misery by getting rid of other opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy as well as number three batter Zakir Hasan.

He also trapped senior man Mushfiqur Rahim plumb in front of stumps for just two as Bangladesh slipped to 48-5 within the first hour of their second innings.

BAN vs SA Highlights: Maharaj Cleans Up BAN Tail As SA Secure 2-0 Series Win

Senior South African spinner Keshav Maharaj picked up first wicket of the second innings and his third of the match in the form of Bangladesh’s number four Mominul Haque. Soon after Senuran Muthusamy’s three-wicket burst, Maharaj also broke through Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the 22nd over of the innings.

Muthusamy picked up his fourth victim by getting rid of Najmul Hossain Shanto to finish with career-best Test figures of 4-45, thus dashing Bangladesh’s final ounce of hopes at 78-7. Keshav Maharaj picked up the remaining three wickets on offer to collect his 10th five-wicket haul in Tests.

Bangladesh, having enveloped for 143 in 43.4 overs, crashed to a huge defeat by an innings and 273 runs to concede their two-match home series to the South Africans.