RSA VS BAN - 1st T20I, Bangladesh tour of South Africa, 2017

South Africa were ruthless, there were moments for Bangladesh but they could not cash in. Guess that is what has kept them from going a level above from where they are right now. We will have to see if they manage to register at least one win on the tour when they face the hosts on Sunday later this week. Until then, take care. Have fun. Party responsibly. I have been Abhishek Chaudhary with Kumar Abhisekh Das and Sreenivas. Bye.

AB de Villiers (Man of the Match): I learnt a lot from Jonty (Rhodes) when I was growing up. I was disappointed to get out, would have loved to get 70-plus. I was watching closely the kind of shots that were working. There was bit of pace and bounce. The Bangladeshi players were feeling the pressure. We did not have to try too much, just time the ball. I really enjoy this format. You can capitalize in the first six overs.

JP Duminy: I thought it was a good score. They bowled pretty well in the death overs, got their yorkers right. We kind of knew that they were going to come at us during the first six overs. You got to try and think on your feet. Very happy with the new guys, they were spot on. There is always room for improvement. We have said this before that we want it to be 2-0 at the end of the series.

Shakib Al Hasan: They batted really well. Last five overs cost us the match. Overall, we gave 15-20 runs more. We had a great start but we did not capitalize. Spinners bowled really well. We bowled in good areas. First 10 overs, we were there but we could not continue. There are some areas where we can improve. We need to apply ourselves to play less dot balls. Guys batting in middle overs need to do it regularly.

Bangladesh started off on a positive note and till the dismissal of Sarkar in the 10th over, they were in the hunt. But post that, a plethora of wickets dented them bad and they never recovered for South Africa to complete the formality. Saifuddin batted well towards the end but his efforts paled in comparison to the requirements of Bangladesh. Be all eyes and ears for the presentations.

The moment QDK and ABD teed off, signs were ominous and murmurs of more than 200 being a score was doing the rounds. But both fell for premature scores and a cameo from Behardien ensured they ended up with 195/4 in their 20 overs. Bangladesh only had Mehidy who could assert any sort of a control over the hosts' batting.

Beuran Hendricks to Saifuddin, 2 runs, punches the drive down the ground for a couple and South Africa win by 20 runs. This has been an emphatic show from the hosts

Beuran Hendricks to Saifuddin, FOUR, slower short ball has been slapped away through the off-side and Behardien in the deep allows the ball to go through him at deep cover

Beuran Hendricks to Rubel, 1 run, slaps the forehand pull down to long-on and a single it is

Beuran Hendricks to Saifuddin, 1 run, top-edge on the pull lands short of the man at deep square leg

Beuran Hendricks to Saifuddin, SIX, length ball on the sticks is welcomed by a little shuffle and a heavy whip off the pads to send it packing into the square leg region for a sixer

Beuran Hendricks to Rubel, 1 run, slower length ball driven away to cover, they get an easy single

Beuran Hendricks [3.0-0-27-2] is back into the attack

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, no run, banged in short, the ball snakes away for the batsman to sway away from the line of the ball

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, no run, jams the low full toss back to the bowler

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, 2 runs, in the block hole, has been dug out towards long-on and they get a couple

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, no run, backs away and tries to flay away the short of length delivery, misses it

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, 2 runs, slogs the ball out just behind square off the inner half of the bat for a couple

Dane Paterson to Saifuddin, no run, bowls it right up there and the batsman digs it out

Frylinck to Rubel, no run, slower ball on the sticks, blocked out into the off-side. The debutant - Frylinck completes his quota of overs