"It was one of our top innings. We've had some previous upsets but this is a World Cup where we really want to do well," said man-of-the-match Shakib. "It's the way we wanted to start, you cannot get better than that. "South Africa had gambled on putting Bangladesh, four places below them in the ODI rankings, into bat and hoping to bounce them out cheaply with their pace attack but that fell flat on a docile wicket, and was exacerbated by a hamstring injury to Lungi Ngidi The fast bowler left the field after bowling just four overs and is a doubt for Wednesday. "Nothing went to plan and I feel we are firing at only 50 to 60% of our potential," said losing captain Faf du Plessis.South Africa’s target was a tough one and after Quinton de Kock departed, Aiden Markram (45) was bowled by Shakib to make the Bangladeshi all-rounder, playing his 199th ODI, the fastest player to the double of 5,000 runs and 250 wickets.Du Plessis threatened to lead a successful chase but was bowled for 63, followed by David Miller (38) and Rassie van der Dussen (41) as South African hopes slipped away.Mustafizur Rahman returned the best figures of 3-52 but all six bowlers contributed to keeping South Africa in check with a good variety of deliveries.

Source: Economic Times June 02, 2019 18:00 UTC