Taskin fourth Bangladesh pacer to take five-wicket haul in away series

The historic 2-1 series win against hosts South Africa has brought the first series win for the Tigers in the SENA countries.

Bowling first, Bangladesh restricted South Africa for just 154 runs at SuperSport Park, Centurion.

Taskin Ahmed produced one of the fine spells of fast bowling in ODIs for Tigers as he picked up five wickets conceding just 35 runs.

In reply, Bangladesh top order dominated the chase led by skipper Tamim Iqbal who was unbeaten on 87 off 82 deliveries while Liton Das scored 48.

Meanwhile, this is the fourth time a Bangladesh pacer or medium pacer took five-wicket haul in an away country.

Mashrafe bin Mortaza took six wickets against Kenya back in 2006 in Nairobi.

Medium pacer Ziaur Rahman took five wickets against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo 2014.

Later pacer Abu Jayed Rahi took five wickets against Ireland in 2019.

And now, Taskin’s fifer in the third ODI Wednesday against South Africa at Centurion is the fourth time a Bangladesh pacer took five wickets in away countries.