Mustafiz treble baffles Proteas

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Instead, Dean Elgar and Faf du Plessis embarked on a go-slow reminiscent of the Perth 2012 or Colombo 2014 blockathons, but without the same reasoning.

Opener Stiaan van Zyl scored a brisk 34 in an opening stand of 58, the only wicket to fall in the morning.

Emboldened by their first ever ODI series victory over South Africa, Bangladesh now want to impress in the longer version of cricket.

The hosts handed a test debut to teenage fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who has impressed in the limited-overs format.

Only two more overs were possible, with Steyn and Philander unable to make any breakthrough with the ball for South Africa in that limited time on a brilliant day for Bangladesh.

Having won the toss and elected to bat, the tourists crumbled from 136 for one to 248 all out on Tuesday, with Bavuma the only batsman to register a half-century when he was the last man out for 54.

Elgar went for a vicious cut but feathered Taijul’s delivery to Litton, who took the catch on the second attempt. Elgar hit three fours in his 111-ball knock.

In the immediate next over, another left-arm spinner, Shakib Al Hasan, dismissed Du Plessis with a straighter delivery which trapped him. South Africa was 173-6, and the collapse was on.

Rahman then mowed down the middle order in the 60th over, dismissing rival skipper Hashim Amla for his first test wicket.

De Kock managed to fend off the first ball and deny the Satkhira paceman his hatrick but a ball later, he found his off stump uprooted by a well-angled in-dipper. “To be bundled out for 250 was not our best”, Temba Bavuma, the only South African to reach fifty, said, offering not an excuse, but an explanation for the manner in which his team folded.

It might not be overly fair to blame it all on supernatural intervention.

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal (30) and Mahmudullah (12) were at the crease for Bangladesh, who have lost all their previous eight meetings against the world’s number one-ranked test side.