South Africa beat Bangladesh by four runs to remain unbeaten in Group D. With this win at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday, June 10, the Proteas have one foot in the Super 8 now.
Chasing 114 to win, Bangladesh did lose quick wickets and struggled at 50-4 in 9.5 overs. However, Mahmuduallh and Towhid Hridoy added run-a-ball 44 to bring the target down to 20 off 18 balls to win. Rabada struck and got Hridoy out with the help of an umpire's call.
The game changed there. Maharaj defended 11 off the last six balls, even as Mahudullah almost won it with a six off the fifth ball off the last over. But he was caught by Markram near the straight boundary.
Earlier, opting to bat first, the Proteas just couldn't get going as they lost four wickets in the powerplay. However, thanks to the 79-run stand between Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, they managed to reach 113/6 despite losing them both in quick succession in the endovers.
Klaasen top-scored with 46 while Miller made 29. For Bangladesh, Tanzim Hasan Sakib picked 3/18 while Taskin Ahmed finished with figures of 2/19 in his four overs.
SA skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl first
There was one change on the Bangladesh side as they brought in Jaker Ali in place of Somya Sarkaar Proteas remained unchanged.