Proteas ground 'Flying Dutchmen'
South Africa beat irresistible Netherlands by only 6 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today in a Group 1 match of World T20 today.
Proteas leg spinner Imran Tahir got the Man of the Match award for his 21/4 bowling performance.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Dutch captain Peter Borren opted to field first.
Proteas opener Hashim Amla scored 43 runs off only 20 balls while skipper Faf du Plesis and AB de Villiers scored 24 and 21 respectively.
Dutch seamer Ahsan Malik's five-wicket-haul with a stingy economy rate of 4.75 packed the South Africans within 145 runs.
Replying the Proteas, Dutch opener Stephan Myburgh scored a windy blow of 51 off 34 deliveries.
After Myburgh's return, the Dutch batting-order collapsed slowly as Tahir and pacer Dale Steyn's wicket saga kept continuing.
TEAM
South Africa
HM Amla, Q de Kock†, F du Plessis*, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, DA Miller, JA Morkel, DW Steyn, BE Hendricks, Imran Tahir and LL Tsotsobe
Netherlands
SJ Myburgh, MR Swart, W Barresi†, TLW Cooper, BN Cooper, PW Borren*, Mudassar Bukhari, LV van Beek, T van der Gugten, PM Seelaar and MAA Jamil
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