Taskin Ahmed ran rampant with the ball while Tamim Iqbal hit a brilliant fifty as Bangladesh sealed an historic series triumph with a nine-wicket win in the third one-day international against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.
\nTaskin took 5-35 as South Africa were bowled out for 154, their lowest total against Bangladesh.
\nVisiting captain Tamim then scored 87 not out off 82 balls to take Bangladesh to victory with 23.3 overs to spare, sharing a century opening partnership with Liton Das (48).
\nBangladesh won the World Cup Super League series by 2-1, consolidating their place at the top of the table.
\nSouth Africa were left languishing in ninth place and in danger of missing one of the eight automatic qualifying places for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
\nBangladesh had lost all 19 matches across all formats against South Africa on their home soil before winning the series opener by 38 runs at the same venue on Friday.
\nSouth Africa won the second match by seven wickets in Johannesburg but Bangladesh dominated Wednesday\u2019s series decider.
\nSouth Africa made a fast start, with Janneman Malan and Quinton de Kock putting on 46 for the first wicket inside seven overs.
\nBut Taskin bowled superbly after off-spinner Mehidy Hasan made the first breakthrough by dismissing De Kock.
\nTaskin, 26, produced his best performance since taking five for 28 on debut against India on debut at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur in 2014.
\nHe bowled at a lively pace in three spells and troubled all the batsmen.
\nWith South Africa defending a low total, Keshav Maharaj dropped Liton Das at backward point off Kagiso Rabada in the first over of the Bangladesh innings before Liton had scored.
\nLiton and Tamim took full advantage of the let-off, putting on 127 for the first wicket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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