South Africa coast after Rabada's record
Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a
hat-trick on debut as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets
in a rain-hit first one-day international in Dhaka on Friday.
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Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim
a hat-trick on debut. AFP |
Paceman Rabada finished with 6-16, the best ever one-day haul by a
debutante, as Bangladesh were folded 160 in 36.3 overs after the hosts
opted to bat first on a rain-soaked pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium.
Set a simple target, South Africa coasted without major hiccups,
reaching 164-2 with nearly nine overs in hand to take a 1-0 lead in
three-match series.
Faf du Plessis made an unbeaten 63 from 75 balls and put 99 runs with
Rilee Rossouw in an unbroken third wicket stand after the early
dismissals of stand-in captain Hashim Amla (14) and Quinton de Kock
(35).
Rossouw, who was 45 not out, completed the win when he cut part-time
leg-spinner Sabbir Rahman for a four towards point.
The match was reduced to a 40-over-a-side affair after monsoon
downpour delayed the start of play for two hours and 40 minutes.
Rabada, selected ahead of experienced Morne Morkel, struck in the
third ball of his second over when he sent the off-stump of opener Tamim
Iqbal cartwheeling.
He then made one-down Litton Das offer a low catch to Farhaan
Behardien at midwicket and trapped Mahmudullah leg-before in his next
two deliveries to complete the hat-trick, joining Bangladesh's Taijul
Islam, who achieved the feat against Zimbabwe at the same ground in
December.
The 20-year-old pacer later dismissed other opener Soumya Sarkar
before Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim provided a brief resistance
for Bangladesh with 53-run fifth wicket stand.
"It's great to just do well for your team and put them in a good
position and we won comfortably in the end," said man-of-the-match
Rabada.
"I didn't know what to bowl when I was on hat-trick -- maybe bouncer,
then yorker but I missed it by a mile," he said. "It was a bit of a
fluke, but I'll take it.
"It's important to keep the game simple, keep the batsmen guessing
and hit good line and length, and guess what the batsmen are trying to
do," he added. Shakib top-scored 48 runs for the home side facing 51
balls while Rahim added 24.
Rabada returned in his second spell to add the wickets of Mashrafe
Mortaza and Jubair Hossain, shattering the best ODI debut wicket-taking
record held by West Indies' Fidel Edwards. Edwards claimed 6-22 against
Zimbabwe in 2003.
Rabada is the first South African to bag six wickets on debut and
only the second South African bowler to claim five wickets in his first
one-day international match. The other South African to achieve the feat
is Allan Donald who took 5-29 against India at Kolkata in 1991. Nasir
Hossain lent some late resistance to score 31 off 44 balls before he was
bowled by Chris Morris, who finished with 2-32.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said he was hoping to put up a
fight with a score of at least 200 runs.
"If we could have scored at least 200, maybe 220, it would have been
a different game. We kept losing wickets," Mortaza said after the match.
"If someone from the opposition gets a hat-trick you go on the back
foot. Wicket was pretty good. We can't give any excuse," he said. The
second and third ODI of the three-match series will be held on July 12
and 15 respectively in Dhaka and Chittagong.
SCOREBOARD
Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal b Rabada 00
Soumya Sarkar c Duminy b Rabada 27
Litton Das c Behardien b Rabada 00
Mahmudullah lbw b Rabada 00
Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Tahir 48
Mushfiqur Rahim c Tahir b Duminy 24
Sabbir Rahman b Morris 05
Nasir Hossain b Morris 31
Mashrafe Mortaza c de Kock b Rabada 04
Jubair Hossain b Rabada 05
Mustafizur Rahman not out 00
Extras (lb 5, w10, nb1) 16
Total (all out; 36.3 overs) 160
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tamim), 2-17 (Litton), 3-17 (Mahmudullah)
4-40 (Soumya), 5-93 Rahim, 6-104 (Sabbir)
7-120 (Shakib), 8-133 ( Mortaza), 9-140 (Jubair)
10-160 (Nasir)
Bowling: Abbott 6-0-41-0 (w5)
Rabada 8-3-16-6(w3)
Morris 6.3-0-32-2(w1)
Tahir 8-1-38-1 (nb1
w1), Duminy 8-0-28-1
South Africa
Q. de Kock c Sabbir b Nasir 35
H. Amla c Mahmudullah b Mortaza 14
F. du Plessis not out 63
R. Rossouw not out 45
Extras (lb 6, w1) 07
Total (for two wickets; 31.1 overs) 164
Did not bat: D. Miller, J. Duminy, F. Behardien, C. Morris
K. Abbott, K. Rabada, I. Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Amla) 2-65 (de Kock)
Bowling: Mustafizur 6-2-15-0
Nasir 7-1-28-1
Mortaza 6-0-36-1
Shakib 5-1-27-0 (w1)
Jubair 5-0-31-0
Mahumdullah 2-0-17-0
Sabbir 0.1-0-4-0
(AFP)
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