Bangladesh opt to bowl first

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first against hosts South Africa in the 2nd and last match of their two-match Test series starting at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on Friday.

There are four changes in Bangladesh's best XI as they included Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Subashis Roy have been included in place of Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed and Shafiul Islam while injured Tamim Iqbal has been replaced by Soumya Sarkar.

The hosts replace the injured Morne Morkel with Wayne Parnell who hasn't played first-class cricket since April.

Bangladesh best XI: Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Mahmudullah Riyad, Sabbir Rahman, Liton Kumar Das (wk), Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and Subashis Roy.

South Africa best XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Duanne Olivier.

Source: dailysun