Litton Das scored a maiden half-century and put on 82 with Shakib al-Hasan for the sixth wicket to enable Bangladesh to post their highest total against South Africa on the third day of the first Test yesterday.
Bangladesh took a first-innings lead of 78 runs before they were all out for 326 runs during the extended second session in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
South Africa, who made 248 in the first innings, were 61-0 in their second knock at the close of play, with Stiaan van Zyl on 33 and Dean Elgar on 28.
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Fast bowler Dale Steyn finished with 3-78 to become only the second South Africa bowler after former captain Shaun Pollock to take 400 Test wickets.
Off-spinner Simon Harmer also claimed three wickets, including those of Das and Shakib, to give South Africa a lifeline in what is shaping up to be a close contest.
Das made 50 off 102 balls, including seven boundaries, and tail-ender Mohammad Shahid belted 25 off 19 balls to provide Bangladesh the edge.
Steyn had Mushfiqur Rahim LBW for 28 in South Africa’s only success of the morning session, but Shakib (47) and Das stood firm to defy the visiting bowlers.
Rahim, who was initially given not out before South Africa successfully reviewed the decision, added 12 runs to his overnight score.
Das drove Steyn to take Bangladesh past South Africa’s first-innings total and took a single off the next ball to help his team equal their highest score of 252 runs against the Proteas.
Bad light eventually brought a close to proceedings, with the tourists still trailing by 17 runs.
The second match of the two-Test series is scheduled to be played in Dhaka from Thursday next week to Aug. 3.
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