South Africa beat Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs for 2-0 series win

The hosts crumbled for 159 and 143 each retired to manus South Africa their biggest Test triumph by borderline and container the series.

South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs to unafraid a 2-0 bid expanse aft enforcing the follow-on and dismissing the hosts for 143 connected time 3 of the 2nd Test successful Chittagong.

Seamer Kagiso Rabada decimated Bangladesh with 5 wickets arsenic the Proteas skittled the hosts for 159 successful their archetypal innings to instrumentality a immense 416-run pb and they turned up the vigor further aft asking them to bat again connected Thursday.

Bangladesh, who mislaid the opening crippled by 7 wickets successful Dhaka, suffered a acquainted illness and were bowled retired successful the evening league arsenic Keshav Maharaj bagged 5-59 and chap spinner Senuran Muthusamy took 4-45.

Sixteen Bangladesh wickets fell connected the time astatine the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Rabada dismissed Najmul Hossain Shanto for nine, Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 1 and Mahidul Islam Ankon for a duck to decorativeness with 5-37 portion Dane Paterson got escaped of Mushfiqur Rahim for nought arsenic Bangladesh continued to wobble successful the archetypal innings.

The hosts, who resumed the time connected 38-4, staged a fightback from 48-8 with Mominul Haque making 82 but his dismissal soon aft luncheon by Muthusamy ended his 103-run ninth-wicket basal with Taijul Islam.

Taijul was incapable to frustrate the tourists further, arsenic helium became Maharaj’s 2nd unfortunate aft a defiant 30.

South Africa were adjacent much ruthless successful the 2nd innings to seal a comfy triumph successful 3 days contempt Shanto’s 36, Ankon’s 29 and a precocious complaint by Hasan Mahmud, who was unbeaten connected 38 successful fading light.

South Africa had 3 batsmen deed maiden Test centuries successful their archetypal innings 575-6 – Tony de Zorzi (177), Tristan Stubbs (106) and Wiaan Mulder (105 not out).

De Zorzi was named the subordinate of the match, portion Rabada walked distant with the subordinate of the bid award.

The tourists won the archetypal Test by 7 wickets.

Bangladesh person ne'er won a Test against South Africa successful 16 attempts.

The Proteas volition look to further boost their chances of reaching the World Test Championship last adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile they conscionable Sri Lanka and Pakistan successful 2 Tests each astatine location starting successful precocious November.