Dale Steyn joins 400 club as Bangladesh reach 75-1 at lunch

Watch the Free Live Streaming and telecast of Bangladesh vs South Africa, 2nd Test – Day 1 at Dhaka on Thursday. “Really excited to go and get this Test underway and there are 11 hungry Proteas in the change room”, said Morkel. The 2 Test Match series of South Africa tour of Bangladesh is going on with the first Test played at Chittagong resulted in a draw.

Bowling wasn’t South Africa’s biggest problem in the first Test or the ODIs, though. Skipper Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim was courageous enough to pick four frontline bowlers who managed to dismiss South Africa for only the second time in their bilateral contests but also took the cherished first innings lead.

They rescued the side with a 69-run partnership after Steyn reached the 400-wicket milestone, having removed Tamim Iqbal on 6 to leave Bangladesh 12-1.

Rahim and Mahmudullah combined an unbeaten 68 runs to frustrate the South African bowlers.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dane Vilas is making his debut for South Africa, replacing Quinton de Kock.

However, the weather could throw a spanner in the works like it did in Chittagong, with rain being predicted on all five days of the Test.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal says the cricket series against South Africa will be one of the best if they can maintain their all-round performance until the end in the last Test here.

They were solid and largely untroubled by the short-ball barrage by the South African fast bowlers who got little assistance from the pitch, with Bangladesh choosing to bat after winning the toss.

Soumya Sarkar’s exclusion from the first Test was a surprise but after Bangladesh’s impressive performance in Chittagong, it will be hard for national selectors to find a place for him in Mirpur.