Jumbangla Desk: After Dhaka, Taijul Islam met Fifer in Chittagong as well. The visitors have lost five wickets in the Chittagong Test so far. Five wickets were taken by Taijul alone. Although South Africa's collection has already crossed four hundred.
Taijul Islam
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At the end of the 1st day at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, the Proteas accumulated 307 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. They collected another 106 runs on the board in the first session of the second day. But lost three more wickets.
David Bedingham departed for the third wicket with a partnership of 116 runs with Tony Di Georgi. Before that he scored 59 runs off 78 balls, hitting two fours and four sixes. De Giorgi left shortly after. The 27-year-old opener finished with a career-best innings of 177 runs off 269 balls. Hankan hit 12 fours and 4 sixes en route to his first career triple-figure innings.
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Taizul then gave Kyle Vereine a taste of Duck. But Ryan Rickleton and Wynn Mulder went into the lunch break looking to build another strong partnership. Rickelton 11 and Mulder 12 not out. South Africa has collected 413 runs after batting 110 overs and losing 5 wickets. Taijul Islam has got 5 wickets at the cost of 152 runs by bowling 43 overs so far.