All-rounder Wiaan Mulder struck a nice hundred and within the course of helped South Africa equal a singular report — three batters scoring their maiden Check lots of for the primary time in the identical Check in 75 years — because the guests tightened their grip on the second Check towards Bangladesh in Chattogram on Wednesday. Mulder scored an unbeaten 105 off 150 balls on the second day of the match and joined Tony de Zorzi (177) and Tristan Stubbs (106) because the third South African batter to succeed in three figures within the match, serving to the guests submit a mammoth 573/6 declared of their first innings.

De Zorzi, Stubbs, and Mulder scored their maiden centuries of their fifth, eighth, and sixteenth Exams respectively, marking a uncommon incidence as that is solely the second time that such a factor has occurred.

The primary time this occurred was in November 1948, when West Indies toured India. Within the first match of the sequence in Delhi, they scored 631 within the first innings due to centuries from Clyde Walcott (152), Gerry Gomez (101), Everton Weekes (128) and Robert Christiani (107). Walcott, Gomez and Christiani scored their first centuries in Check cricket, whereas it was Weekes’ second.

On Wednesday, South Africa decreased Bangladesh to 38/4 in 9 overs of their first innings, with Kagiso Rabada bagging 2-8 within the first over. Dane Paterson and Keshav Maharaj picked a wicket apiece for 15 and 4 runs respectively because the hosts landed in hassle early on.

Earlier, resuming on their in a single day rating of 307/2, De Zorzi and David Bedingham continued so as to add runs at a brisk tempo to South Africa’s rating. De Zorzi went on to succeed in 150 off 235 balls whereas Bedingham accomplished his half-century in 70 balls, as they added 116 runs for the third wicket. Bedingham was castled by Taijul Islam for 59 and De Zorzi too departed quickly, trapped leg-before by Taijul for 177, off 269 deliveries, his knock studded with 12 fours and 4 sixes.

South Africa misplaced couple of early wickets earlier than Wiaan Mulder and Senuran Muthusamy (68) not out) acquired collectively to placed on 152 for the unfinished seventh wicket partnership as South AFrica reached a mammoth whole.

With their bowlers hanging early blows, Aiden Markram‘s facet is in an excellent place to push for a clear sweep of the two-Check sequence after profitable the primary Check at Mirpur by seven wickets.

Temporary scores:

South Africa 575/6 decl (Tony de Jorzi 177, Tristan Stubbs 106, David Bedingham 59, Kyle Verreynne 105 not out, Senuran Muthusamy 68 not out; Taijul Islam 5-198) lead Bangladesh 38/4 in 9 overs (Mahmudul Hasan Joy 10; Kagiso Rabada 2-8) by 537 runs.