Kagiso Rabada, Newly Crowned World Number 1, Scalps 5 For 37 As South Africa Bowl Out Bangladesh For 159, Enforce Follow-On

Kagiso Rabada scalped a fifer as South Africa bowled out Bangladesh for 159.

Kagiso Rabada finished with figures of 5 for 39 as South Africa bowled Bangladesh out for 159.

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Kagiso Rabada, the newly crowned world's number 1 bowler, scalped 5 for 37 as South Africa bowled out Bangladesh for 159. The Proteas had won the toss and elected to bat first, posting 575/6 with the help of three maiden first-class hundreds. Post that, it was the Rabada show who only needed 9 overs to send back half the opposition batting, justifying his tag as the world's number 1 bowler in the longest format of the game.

The South African speedster got rid of Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and debutant Mahidul Islam Ankon to complete yet another fifer in what has been a stellar career already. Rabada became the fastest to 300 Test wickets milestone in the first Test against Bangladesh, in terms of balls taken to get to the landmark during his nine-wicket haul in the match which took him to the number 1 ranking in ICC Test Rankings for bowlers.

5-wicket haul for Kagiso Rabada! 🔥🇿🇦

Our pace ace strikes again, tearing through the Bangladesh lineup with pure class and power!

Hats off, to the best to ever do it KG! 💥🏏 #WozaNawe #BePartOfIt #BANvSA pic.twitter.com/EBdwNa4qRa

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 31, 2024

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Barring Rabada, Dane Paterson and Keshav Maharaj scalped two wickets apiece while Senuran Muthusamy got a solitary wicket. Given the tourists were 416 runs ahead, they opted to enforce the follow-on. 

Three Maiden Test Centurions For South Africa In This Match

With the bat, the vistiors witnessed three of their batters getting past the 100-run milestone. Interestingly, it was the first Test hundred for each of the three batters with Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs and Wiaan Mulder all smashing hundreds to help the team get to a massive total.

South Africa are 1-0 ahead in the series after having won the Test series opener by 7 wickets.