Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh (BD) Cricket team will take on South Africa (SA) Cricket team in the third and final One Day International (ODI) match at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, South Africa today. The winning team of today’s match will clinch the ODI series.
The match will start at 5.00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time). Private satellite sports channel T Sports and private satellite channel GTV will telecast the match live from the venue.
Bangladesh recorded a 38-run victory over the hosts South Africa in the first ODI at SuperSport Park in Centurion on March 18.
The hosts leveled the ODI series 1-1 with Bangladesh beating the tourists by seven wickets in the second ODI at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on March 20. Before today’s match, Bangladesh faced South Africa in 23 ODI matches. Of them, Bangladesh won five ODI games, while South Africa registered 18 victories.
This three-match ODI series is a part of ICC ODI World Cup Super League. Bangladesh led the points table bagging 110 points from 17 matches, while the Proteas took the ninth position earning 49 points from 12 outings.
Centurion’s weather and pitch report:
Centurion’s weather is expected to be partly sunny and mild today. The weather of the day is perfect for a cricket match. The wickets of SuperSport Park will act in favour of the batters. The Captain of the coin-session may decide to chase the total.
Captain of Bangladesh ODI team Tamim Iqbal said, ” Mahmudullah Riyad is a very important part of our ODI team. Specially for me. He is a very important cricketer for ODI.”
Team Director Khaled Mahmud Sujon said, ” Shakib wants to play. He is very much serious in every match. Shakib was adjudged the Man of the Match in the first ODI. In the second ODI, he couldn’t score but bowled really well. Shakib wants to bring victory for the team.”
Probable squads:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock, Janneman Malan, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen and Kyle Verreynne.
