South African national cricket team in Bangladesh in the 2015 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Bangladesh in the 2015 season took place from July 5 to August 3, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included two tests , three ODIs and two Twenty20s . Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1 and South Africa won the Twenty20 series 2–0, while the test series 0–0 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Bangladesh last played a tour against India , for South Africa it is the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2008/09 season in South Africa .

Stages

Chittagong Dhaka

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

city	Stadion	capacity	Games
Chittagong	Chittagong Divisional Stadium	20,000	1st test, 3rd ODI
Dhaka	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	26,000	2. test; 1st & 2nd ODI; 1st & 2nd T20

Squad lists

South Africa named its squad on May 27, 2015. Bangladesh named its Twenty20 squad on July 1, the ODI squad on July 7, and the test squad on July 12, 2015.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Bangladesh	South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa
Mushfiqur Rahim ( K ) Tamim Iqbal ( UK ) Litton Das ( wk ) Mominul Haque Shakib Al Hasan Jubair Hossain Nasir Hossain Rubles Hossain Taijul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Mustafizur Rahman Soumya Sarkar Mohammad Shahid	Hashim Amla ( K ) Temba Bavuma Dean Elgar Reeza Hendricks Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Faf du Plessis JP Duminy Simon Harmer Morne Morkel Aaron Phangiso Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn Stiaan van Zyl Dane Vilas	Mashrafe Mortaza ( K ) Shakib Al Hasan ( UK ) Litton Das ( wk ) Anamul Haque Jubair Hossain Nasir Hossain Rubles Hossain Tamim Iqbal Mahmudullah Mushfiqur Rahim ( wk ) Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Soumya Sarkar Arafat Sunny	Hashim Amla ( K ) Kyle Abbott Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis Rilee Rossouw JP Duminy Ryan McLaren David Miller Chris Morris Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Imran Tahir	Mashrafe Mortaza ( K ) Shakib Al Hasan ( UK ) Litton Das ( wk ) Sohag Gazi Jubair Hossain Nasir Hossain Rubles Hossain Tamim Iqbal Mushfiqur Rahim ( wk ) Mustafizur Rahman Sabbir Rahman Soumya Sarkar Arafat Sunny Rony Talukdar	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Beuran Hendricks Eddie Leie David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw David Wiese

Tour match

July 3 scorecard	Fatullah	BCB XI 99 (18)	-	South Africans 101-2 (12)
		South Africans wins with 8 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Dhaka

July 5th scorecard	Dhaka	South Africa 148-4 (20)	-	Bangladesh 96 (18.5)
		South Africa wins with 52 runs

Second Twenty20 in Dhaka

July 7th scorecard	Dhaka	South Africa 169-4 (20)	-	Bangladesh 138 (19.2)
		South Africa wins with 31 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dhaka

July 10th scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 160 (36.3 / 40)	-	South Africa 164-2 (31.1 / 40)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Dhaka

July 12th scorecard	Dhaka	South Africa 162 (46)	-	Bangladesh 162-3 (27.4)
		Bangladesh wins with 7 wickets

With this victory, Bangladesh secured participation in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy .

Third ODI in Chittagong

July 15th scorecard	Chittagong	South Africa 168-9 (40/40)	-	Bangladesh 170-1 (26.1 / 40)
		Bangladesh wins with 9 wickets ( D / L method )

Testing

First test in Chittagong

July 21-25 scorecard	Chittagong	South Africa 248 (83.4) & 61-0 (21.1)	-	Bangladesh 326 (116.1)
		draw

Second test in Dhaka

July 30th - August 3rd scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 246-8 (88.1)	-	South Africa
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	2	2	102	51.00	67	0	1
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2	2	93	46.50	65	0	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2	2	82	41.00	47	0	0
Dean Elgar	South Africa	2	2	75	75.00	47	0	0
Stiaan van Zyl	South Africa	2	2	67	67.00	34	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	38.2	6th	18.00	3/30	0	0
Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	2	22.4	4th	14.50	4/37	0	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	2	19th	3	14.00	3/27	0	0
Jubair Hossain	Bangladesh	2	16.1	3	19.33	3/53	0	0
Simon Harmer	South Africa	2	58	3	60.33	3/105	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	3	3	205	102.50	90	0	2
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	3	3	110	55.00	63 *	0	1
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	3	3	66	33.00	45 *	0	0
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	3	3	66	33.00	61 *	0	1
JP Duminy	South Africa	3	2	64	32.00	51	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	21st	8th	12.75	6/16	1	0
Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	3	24	5	15.40	3/38	0	0
Rubles Hossain	Bangladesh	2	15th	4th	15.75	2/29	0	0
Nasir Hossain	Bangladesh	3	23	4th	21.00	3/26	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	3	16	3	27.33	1/17	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	3	23	3	30.00	3/33	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	2	95	95.00	79 *	0	1
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	2	2	56	28.00	44	0	0
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	2	2	50		31 *	0	0
Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	2	2	44	22.00	37	0	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	2	2	42	21.00	40	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kyle Abbott	South Africa	2	5.2	4th	7.50	3/20	0	0
Aaron Phangiso	South Africa	2	8th	4th	12.75	3/30	0	0
Eddie Leie	South Africa	1	3	3	5.33	3/16	0	0
Arafat Sunny	Bangladesh	2	7th	3	16.66	2/19	0	0
Nasir Hossain	Bangladesh	2	8th	3	21.00	2/26	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Dale Steyn
ODI	Soumya Sarkar
T20	Faf du Plessis

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Faf du Plessis
2. T20	Eddie Leie
1. ODI	Kagiso Rabada
2. ODI	Soumya Sarkar
3. ODI	Soumya Sarkar
1st test	Mustafizur Rahman
2nd test	Mushfiqur Rahim

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Firdose Moonda: De Villiers to miss Bangladesh Tests, Steyn rested for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Mohammad Isam: Gazi recalled for South Africa T20s ( English ) Cricinfo. July 1, 2015. Accessed May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Mohammad Isam: Mahmudullah, Anamul picked for ODIs against SA ( English ) Cricinfo. July 7, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
4. ↑ Mustafizur called up to Bangladesh Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 12, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
5. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Bangladesh square series, seal Champions Trophy place ( English ) Cricinfo. July 12, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh T20I Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / South Africa in Bangladesh T20I Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 16, 2016.