Spinners Eddie Leie and Aaron Phangiso shared six wickets between them as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by 31 runs in the second Twenty20 international to take two-match series 2-0 in Dhaka on Tuesday. Debutant leg-spinner Leie claimed 3-16 while left-arm spinner Phangiso claimed 3-30, Bangladesh were all out for 138 runs with five balls remaining, replying to South Africa’s 169-4.
Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar put 46 runs in the opening stand to give Bangladesh a strong start before Wayne Parnell removed Tamim for 13 to earn South Africa’s first breakthrough.
Leie struck in his first over to drag Sarkar (37) out of his crease and then two dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim (19) and Sabbir Rahman (one) in successive balls.
Phangiso removed Sakib Al Hasan (eight) off his first ball before taking the wicket of Nasir Hossain (0) and Litton Das (10) in his next two overs to put South Africa in control.
Paceman Kyle Abbott, who also claimed three wickets for 20 runs, completed the rout with wickets off his last two balls.
Earlier, Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers put 95 runs for South Africa in openning stand after skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first.
De Kock topscored with 44 runs and de Villiers added 40 as the visitors looked for a series sweep after winning the Sunday’s opening game by 52 runs.
Nasir Hossain claimed 2-26 for Bangladesh.
The Proteas are wearing black armbands as a mark of respect for medium pacer Chris Morris’ grandfather, who passed away on Monday.
The two teams will now play a three-match one-day international series, beginning on July 10 at the same ground.
-With New Age input
