South Africa on the front-foot in the 2nd test Day 1.
South Africa on the front-foot in the 2nd test Day 1.
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Much similar to the first Test, South Arica had conquered the first Test match against the visitor nation Bangladesh by the vast margin. The Proteas proceedings from the start in the second Test at Bloemfontein on Friday as they reach to the monstrous total for the Bangladesh batsmen to reach with. Both the openers uneven up their individual hundreds and bogus a 200-run opening partnership stand for their team. Openers Dean Elgar who missed out his first double hundred in the last match has scored another ton to his name and his opening partner Aiden Markram capitalized on the wilful bowling by the visitors. Spin or Pace both were ineffective for them as they managed to get three-wicket only on the first day of the test match at Bloemfontein.

However, in the second session, Bangladesh came back to pick up two more wickets. But after that, the experienced pair of Hasim Amla and the skipper Faf du Plessis dominated the bowling and helped South Africa post a gargantuan 428 runs for the loss of 3 at the end of first days play.  Earlier, the hosts registered a comprehensive 333-run win in the opening Test and would eye a similar performance. Former skipper of South Africa Hasim Amla playing well for his 89* out of 99 deliveries he faced in which dozen of time ball reaches out of the boundary, as Amla looking for his 28th Test Century when the Day 2 started-off.

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