Bangladesh defeated South Africa in a one-day cricket series for the first time by winning the third and final match of the three-match ODI series on the tour of South Africa by nine wickets. Bangladesh also created history by winning the first bilateral series in South Africa by winning the series 2-1. It is worth noting that recently the Indian team had to go badly losing from here.
Talking about the third ODI, Bangladesh chased down South Africa for 154 runs and achieved the target in 26.3 overs for the loss of one wicket. Captain Tamim Iqbal scored an unbeaten 87 for Bangladesh. Earlier, fast bowler Taskin Ahmed took five wickets for 35 runs. Opener Jaaneman Malan had scored the highest 39 runs for South Africa.
Tamim Iqbal and Litton Das added 127 runs for the first wicket for the visiting team. Bangladesh had also defeated South Africa by 38 runs in the first ODI match played at the same ground. South Africa’s direct entry into the 2023 World Cup has also suffered a setback after the loss in this series. In fact, Africa has now come to the 9th position in the World Super Series table.
Bangladesh on top in World Super Series
Let us tell you that after the defeat in this series against Bangladesh, South Africa has slipped to the 9th position in the Cricket World Cup Super League. The top-8 teams (including India) of this league will get a direct entry into the 2023 ODI World Cup to be held in India itself. If India is the host country then it is certain to play. The remaining seven teams will qualify on the basis of their performance.
Apart from this, the remaining two teams will be selected from the World Cup qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe in the year 2023. Bangladesh is currently at the top of this table with 120 points. This is followed by England (95 points) second, India (79 points) third, Afghanistan (70 points) fourth, Ireland (68 points) 5th, Sri Lanka (62 points) sixth, Australia (60 points) 7th and West Indies (50 points) 8th. is on the pedestal.
Pakistan’s team is even below South Africa in the most surprising 10th place. Pakistan has a total of 40 points. Apart from this, 2015 World Cup runner-up New Zealand is also below Zimbabwe (11th) at 12th position. Although the Kiwi team has played only three ODIs in the World Super Series so far and they have won all three. The Netherlands is at the last ie 13th place in this list of top-13.