RSA VS BAN - Match 5, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

It's a nice contrast from the 2007-moment where taming one big nation meant a successful campaign, to 2019 where anything less than a semi-finals berth is going to be a disappointment. Such has been Bangladesh's rise in international cricket - meteoric. And the only constant in these twelve years is a win against South Africa - who are clearly yet to show up in England. It'll help if the few expected to show up don't keep getting injured. Anyway, nobody's complaining, this World Cup finally has something that's kept us hooked along for 100 overs. This is Vineet Anantharaman signing off on behalf of Rishi Roy, Pradeep Krishnamurthy, Ramakrishnan MS, Abhinand Raghavendran, Sriram AS and our scorer, Naga. Until hopefully another 100 overs tomorrow, and even closer, ta ta!!

Mashrafe Mortaza | Winning skipper: The first match always sets the tone. We have been positive, won in Ireland and the momentum helped us set the tone here. After the toss, I had a doubt whether to bat or to bowl first. But it was a used wicket in the last match and we thought that batting first isn't a bad option. The batsmen batted really well, especially Soumya (Sarkar) at the start. Mushy (Rahim) batted really well; he plays these kind of innings with high strike-rates, so did Shakib and then Mahmudullah and Mosaddek finished it really well. But I have to give credit to Soumya for laying the platform. I knew it was a good wicket to bat on and we knew that we had to bowl in the right areas to get wickets. I kept changing the bowlers and the good thing was that we got wickets at every stage. The spinners bowled really well and then set it up for Fizz (Mustafizur) and Saifuddin. A big crowd was behind us, and hopefully we are expecting them to come back in our next match in the same way. We are expecting the same thing, even the people watching us back home are expecting us to win and hopefully we'll do well.

Faf du Plessis | Losing skipper: Obviously today didn't go according to plan. Lungi (Ngidi) getting injured wasn't ideal at the start of the campaign. 330 was over par, and every one chipped in with the bat, but all in all it wasn't ideal from us. The thinking at the toss, after speaking to the groundsman, was that there would be a lot of pace and bounce. Against a subcontinental side, if they do get runs on the board, they can squeeze you. But in hindsight, we would have changed that. To go for that many runs, even without Lungi, wasn't ideal. We have to take that on the chin. At the 45-over mark, I looked up at the screen and we were at the same stage, and it shows that we were really bad in the last five overs. We came here with the fast bowling attack that we wanted to have. Lungi has a hamstring injury, so I'm not sure how serious it is because usually hammies are a few days or a week off. Dale is bowling in the middle now, so hopefully there's some good progress. It is definitely not getting easier for us. South Africa is a very proud sporting nation. The skills weren't there today but I promise there will be a lot of fight. We are firing at about 50-60 percent at the moment and it shows that even Bangladesh can beat that on any day.

Shakib Al Hasan | MoM: I think this is one of our top wins. We have had a few upsets before in World Cup, but this time we want to prove and the start can't get any better. Before arriving here, we had the belief, we needed this start and we need to build on the momentum. I played two years for Worcestershire and I know the conditions here. We played the 2017 Champions trophy and we had a fair idea about how the wickets behave, knew it would be good for batting. Didn't know about the record (record partnership for the third wicket), we had a good start and we both (himself and Rahim) knew that we needed to build on that opening. Our confidence is really good at the moment, the next game here against New Zealand is a big game, they are a strong team and will come hard at us. Looking forward to that match.

Mashrafe Mortaza: Most wins as Bangladesh captain in World Cups
- Mashrafe Mortaza: 4 of 6
- Shakib-al-Hasan: 3 of 7
- Habibul Bashar: 3 of 9
- Aminul Islam: 2 of 5
- Khaled Mashud: 0 of 6

18:29 Local Time, 17:29 GMT, 22:59 IST: No, no, don't be fooled - this is no upset. This is yet another confirmation of a minnow turning bully, bullying a side who's a little too used to being bullied come the World Cup. The Bangladeshis know this, with just a bear hug from Shakib to Mashrafe, with the others only indulging in handshakes. It was THAT clinical. They arrived a month in advance, prepared in Ireland, won in Ireland and are now going about their business really professionally. The first innings actually laid the course for what was to come - with Soumya Sarkar starting off well, with Shakib and Rahim putting up a record stand and then with Mosaddek and Mahmudullah providing the finishing touches to lift them to something clearly over par. The Proteas didn't help their cause either with their fielding, fumbling more than they caught. And then the batting went nowhere. Quinton fell to confusion, Markram, Faf and Rassie competed in who threw away their start better and by the time JP Duminy was left at the end, it was a little too many, a little too late. Stick around, we'll bring you the presentations ..

Harsha Bhogle: Very impressive from Bangladesh. The batting looks powerful and they are well led. But South Africa have a lot of introspection to do. The bowling looked flat today and they need a dominant player in the middle order.

Mustafizur to Tahir, 2 runs, cutter, across, pushed into the covers. And the Oval erupts -- to this tournament's first actual encounter

Mustafizur to Tahir, 2 runs, 124kph, back of a length. Tahir moves away, splices his cramped cut over extra cover .. somebody will cut it off, it's down to fighting for the NRR now

Mustafizur to Tahir, no run, 122kph, good away-sucker. On a length, Tahir once again cannot connect with his swing, the angle winning again

Mustafizur to Rabada, 1 run, high ful toss. Rabada swings, miscuing it down the ground

Mustafizur to Rabada, no run, 137kph, and Mustafizur corrects with a yorker. A lovely cover drive to long-off, and Rabada - the senior batsman that h is - declines the single. Even doing a Gibbs won't do now

Mustafizur to Rabada, SIX, latches onto the bumper. And that's one-sixth of Herschelle. Pulled, bang off the sweet spot into cow corner

One last over of formalities. Unless, unless, KG's in a mood to do a Gibbs ..

Saifuddin to Rabada, 1 run, 129kph, perfectly high-elbowed punch, lofting it straight over the bowler's head

Saifuddin to Tahir, 1 run, 128kph, full, leg-lined. Tahir will make room and power it down the ground

Saifuddin to Rabada, 1 run, skidding in short. Rabada wants to thump it over cow corner, but has the bat face turning in his palms as he gets a thick top-edge ending up right in between point and cover

Saifuddin to Rabada, 2 runs, yorker again. Skewed away wide of long-off

38 runs | 10 balls. Math might give them a chance, but common sense means mere formalities.

Saifuddin to Tahir, 1 run, 129kph, heaves big, dragging it down to fine leg

Saifuddin to Rabada, 1 run, low full toss. Rabada goes to smash it downtown, but outside-edges to short third man's right - who's quick enough to intercept