Bangladesh Suffers Close Defeat in a Nail-biting Match

Despite coming close to victory on a challenging pitch in Nassau, Bangladesh faced defeat against the Proteas, falling just 4 runs short. Tawhid Hridoy and Mahmudul Hasan Joy had taken Bangladesh's batting close to victory, but a controversial umpiring decision shattered the Tigers' dream of making history. Luck was not entirely on Bangladesh's side today.

On Monday (June 10) in the World Cup match in Group D, Bangladesh lost by 4 runs to the Proteas. Chasing 114 runs, they stumbled to 109 for 7 wickets at the end of 20 overs.

Tawhid Hridoy scored 37 runs off 34 balls, while Mahmudul Hasan was out for 20 runs off 27 balls. On the South African side, Keshav Maharaj took the highest 3 wickets for 27 runs.

After losing 4 wickets for 50 runs, Hridoy and Mahmudul Hasan were holding the team's hopes in the T20 format for the first time in Proteas' history. However, Bangladesh faced a setback due to umpiring. At the end of 17 overs, the team's total was 94 runs. 20 runs were needed in 18 balls. It was then that Albidoblue's brilliant bowling put pressure on Mahmudul Hasan. Although Kagiso Rabada's ball was not too powerful, umpire Richard Illingworth declared him out. Despite the review, it didn't change. Hridoy, who scored 37 runs off 34 balls, was out after facing a dot ball that touched lightly on the leg stump.

Earlier, Bangladesh had a good start to their innings. After the cover, two backward-point boundaries by Tanzid Tamim seemed promising. However, after hitting the off-stump line, the last ball went for a catch behind the wicket. He was out after scoring 9 runs off 9 balls. Even though Shanto and Das managed to handle the pressure, Liton Das bid farewell after 9 balls, scoring only 3 runs.

Keshav Maharaj took the first ball of the sixth over and was caught by Miller while trying to lift it. He scored 9 runs off 13 balls. Some time later, experienced Shakib Al Hasan also bid farewell. He was caught after scoring 3 runs off 4 balls. Then, Riyad tried to hit a six but ended up giving a catch to Long on the boundary. He scored 14 runs off 23 balls. From there, Hridoy and Mahmudul Hasan took over.

Despite taking the highest wicket, Maharaj bowled superbly, as did Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, and Marco Jansen. With 17 runs, Nortje took 2 wickets, while Rabada took 2 wickets for 19 runs. Jansen, who remained wicketless, gave away only 17 runs.

Before that, Bangladesh's bowling was also impressive. With 18 runs and 3 wickets in 4 overs, Tanjim Hasan Sakib, and 19 runs and 2 wickets in 4 overs, Taskin Ahmed bowled tightly. Mustafizur Rahman, despite being wicketless, gave away only 18 runs in 4 overs. As a result, Proteas stopped at 113 runs, losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.

With 3 wins and 6 points, South Africa is now certain to advance from Group D. Bangladesh's fate depends on the next two matches. Opponents are the Netherlands and Nepal. In the first match, Bangladesh started their World Cup campaign with a victory over Sri Lanka