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Mustafizur, Jubair dismiss Proteas for 248

Update : 21 Jul 2015, 04:04 AM

The Tigers have dismissed all wickets of the Proteas in the first day of the first Test Match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Mustafizur took his Maiden Test wicket by sending the big fishes, Amla, Duminy and de Kock back to the pavilion in a single over.

Bangladesh batted only two overs in the end of the first day of the test scoring 7 for no loss. Now they trail by 241 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the first innings. Tamim Iqbal was off the mark facing the only ball, while Imrul Kayes collected 5 runs from 12 balls he faced. 

Amla made 13 while Duminy and de Kock a duck. The debutant also dismiss Bavuma for 54.

Mahmudullah sent Van Zyl back to the pavilion for 34, Taijul removes Elgar for 47 while Shakib dismissed F Du Plessis for 48. Jubair took the wickets of Philander, Harmer and Steyn.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first and made a solid opening.

Photo: Mainoor Islam Manik

"I think both teams probably would have batted first. It looks like it might deteriorate as well, looks a bit dry being the first day," Amla said at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

"We hope to make best use of the wicket."

This will be the first test match in seven months for South Africa, who lost the one-day international series 2-1.

The world's top test side welcome back pace spearhead Dale Steyn for the series but will be without batting mainstay AB de Villiers, who has been granted paternity leave.

Bangladesh will hope to carry the momentum from their ODI series win into the tests against South Africa, who have defeated them comprehensively in all eight of their meetings in the longest format of the game.

Photo: Mainoor Islam Manik

The hosts handed a test debut to teenage fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who has impressed in the limited-overs format.

Mushfiqur Rahim agreed with his South African counterpart that he would have batted first as well.

"It looks flat and hopefully we can bowl well and restrict them to a modest total," the Bangladesh captain said.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Shakib Al Hasan , 6 Mushfiqur Rahman (capt) 7 Liton Das (wk), 8 Jubair Hossain, 9 Mohammad Shahid, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Taijul Islam

South Africa: 1 Stiaan van Zyl, 2 Dean Elgar, 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 Hashim Amla (capt), 5 Temba Bavuma 6 Quinton de Kock (wk), 7 JP Duminy, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Simon Harmer, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Morne Morkel

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