South Africa opt to bat in third Bangladesh ODI

South Africa captain Hashim Amla won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday.

The two teams are currently locked at 1-1 in three-match series.

South Africa won the first game by eight wickets before Bangladesh bounced back to square the series with a seven-wicket win in the second match.

Bangladesh fielded an unchanged squad from Sunday’s second match while South Africa brought in Morne Morkel for Chris Morris.   

Bangladesh : Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.

South Africa : Hashim Amla (capt), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Farhaan Berhardien, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Kyle Abbott, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada.

Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG) and Sharfoudoulla Saikat (BAN)

TV Umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)

Match Referee: David Boon (AUS)
Source: AFP