Two contrasting half-centuries from Bangladesh batter Sharmin Akter Supta and Shorna Akter guided Bangladesh to a respectable 232-6 against South Africa in their third game of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Vishakhapatnam today. A victory in the match was crucial for the Tigresses to keep them in the race of the semifinals. Finally Bangladesh Tigresses fight hard through the game, but missed chances and lost the game to South Africans by 3wickets.
Tigresses fought all the way to the end, having reduced SA to 78 for 5 and 198 for 7, but couldn't stop de Klerk when it mattered, Shorna Akter, who dropped the crucial chance at long-off with nine needed, will need an arm around her in the dressing room. Bangladesh team followed the template, put a score on the board, and then went to work with their spin attack. SA women had fifties from Chloe Tryon, who was also put down, and Marizanne Kapp before de Klerk played finisher again
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty told in post-match presentation, "Really proud of the way we fought to the last ball. The girls are so young. We fight for each and every run, we're very emotional, and so it was a great learning curve. We have lost early wickets in the power play, so we wanted a partnership. Maybe we were still 10-15 runs short.
She also said that Shorna Akter innings, “I've been talking about her for a long time. The way she batted was a show we were really enjoying and showed how we should bat. We talked about putting it on the right length, maybe we fell down, but we showed good spirit. My team was very young but we kept going.”
Be proud of how we have done and we have three more games left. The way we played we have them a tough time in the middle." She added.
