It takes immense willpower and focus for a cricketer to forgo a lucrative offer to play in the money-spinning Indian Premier League for the first time in his career and return the very next day to pick up a five-wicket haul.

Clinical and ruthless. That’s how the Bangladesh team looked yesterday in Centurion.

"I am a proud man, especially with a Bangladeshi fast bowler getting a five-for, winning the series [for us] and winning the player-of-the-series award."

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma was gracious in defeat as he complimented Bangladesh’s clinical performance after the home side were handed a nine-wicket thrashing by the Tigers at the Super Sport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal was full of praise for his deserving colleagues after their monumental series win against South Africa through a nine-wicket victory in Centurion on Wednesday.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going, as they say. And Taskin Ahmed, a strong believer of his process that led to his revival in the international circuit, steered Bangladesh to a historic ODI series victory against South Africa at their own backyard as the Proteas beat the Proteas by nine wickets in the final match of the three-match ODI series in Centurion today.

Powered by Tamim Iqbal's unbeaten fifty and pacer Taskin Ahmed's fifer, Bangladesh registered a crushing nine-wicket victory to clinch a maiden series away to South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion today.  

With the three-match ODI series between South Africa and Bangladesh levelled at 1-1, Taskin Ahmed and his teammates stepped up to the occasion in the series-decider at the SuperSport Park in Centurion today.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed already informed Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants today that he will not be available for the cash-rich tournament, informed Jalal Yunus, cricket operations committee chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants have expressed their interest in roping in Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed as Mark Wood’s replacement for the 2022 edition of the tournament.

Bangladesh’s star player Shakib Al Hasan, currently touring South Africa with the Tigers for the ongoing ODI series and an upcoming Test series, suffered a setback due to a number of his family members currently going through concerning health complications back in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh were undone by the extra bounce from the South African pacers led by Kagiso Rabada who picked up a fifer to dismantle the Bangladesh batting line-up in the second ODI and helped the Proteas level the three-match series 1-1 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg today.

Bangladesh bowlers would be happy to have something to bowl to after the Tigers top-order spectacularly collapsed against South Africa in the second ODI in Johannesburg today.  

Imagine being Yasir Ali Rabbi, arriving into the crease for the third time in a one-dayer for Bangladesh, the first ODI away from home, and that too in South Africa, walking in the centre stage following batting mainstay Mushfiqur Rahim’s departure, with Super League points at stake, on the backdrop of Tigers’ abysmal record against the Proteas in their own backyard, and so on.

Bangladesh mounted a terrific effort in getting their very first victory -- a 38-run win -- in South African soil against the Proteas during the first ODI at Centurion yesterday and a pivotal tactical blow was enforced by star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who outdid the ploy that South Africa coach Mark Boucher and captain Temba Bavuma had set Bangladesh up for.

Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal showered Mehedi Hasan Miraz with praise after the bowler showed courage of coming back into the attack after David Miller had taken him for runs earlier in the innings during Bangladesh’s 38-run win in the first ODI against South Africa at Centurion.

Inspired by a concerted batting effort from the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal and Yasir Ali, Bangladesh secured a 38-run victory over South Africa in the first ODI in Centurion today. 

Bangladesh could not have asked for a better start to their current campaign as a collective batting effort ensured the Tigers in throwing a challenging target of 299 towards hosts South Africa in the first ODI in Centurion today.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza today did not shy away from voicing his skepticism towards Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo and yet the former Bangladesh captain still hopes that Domingo will prove him wrong in the challenging South Africa tour, starting from tomorrow in Centurion.

South Africa on Thursday called up batter Khaya Zondo to their Test team for a two-match series against Bangladesh but have been forced to name a weakened 15-man squad.