SA vs BAN: BCB To Reward Bangladesh National Team USD 3,50,000 Bonus For Historic Series Win Against South Africa

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a bonus of USD 350,000 for its men’s national team after they triumphed over South Africa in a historic ODI series win in the Rainbow Nation. Bangladesh thrashed the Proteas by nine wickets on Wednesday at the SuperSport Park in Centurion to clinch the three-match ODI series 2-1.

Bangladesh began their tour of South Africa with a 38-run win at the same venue but went down to the hosts in Johannesburg as they lost by seven wickets. However, Tamim Iqbal and his men stood tall to bounce back with an emphatic nine-wicket victory, which guaranteed their first-ever bilateral series win in South Africa.

BCB to reward Bangladesh USD 350,000 after ODI series triumph against Proteas

According to a News18 report, BCB announced a bonus of $350,000 for the national team as the prime minister led congratulations on the side’s historic series win in South Africa.

Bangladesh pace bowler Taskin Ahmed ran through South Africa’s batting order to register his second-best bowling figures in the 50-over format as he finished 5/35 from nine overs. Taskin’s spectacular spell helped the visitors to bowl out South Africa for a paltry score of 154 in the first innings.

This is our one of the biggest achievements, it’s a massive win: Tamim Iqbal

Skipper Tamim (87*) and his opening partner Litton Das (48) forged a 127-run stand to set the tone for the series win against Temba Bavuma & co. Bangladesh chased the target in 26.3 overs to script history.

“I am very proud, especially with a Bangladesh fast bowler getting Player of the Match and Player of the series. I want to thank all the coaches who have worked with the fast bowlers, they have done a fantastic job,” Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim said in the post-match presentation ceremony. 

“This is our one of the biggest achievements, it’s a massive win. We now believe we can win series overseas, and this win will give us that confidence moving forward. We take a lot of pride in ODI cricket, we believe we are a good side. This is one format where we have been doing well in the last 5-6 years.

“Winning a series overseas was missing, but we have managed to do that this time. For Shakib to come here and play is massive,” he added. 

Following their historic feat, Bangladesh will play against South Africa in a couple of Test matches, the first game begins on March 31 in Durban.

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