Bangladesh women’s cricket team added another triumph in what has been an eventful year for them when they defeated South Africa in the first Twenty20 of the three-match series in Benoni on Sunday.

Bangladesh women’s cricket team will take on hosts South Africa in the first of the three-match T20I series, part of the ICC Women's Championship, at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni today.

Afghanistan have beaten both reigning champions England and former title winners Pakistan at the ongoing World Cup in India, with the Netherlands defeating an otherwise impressive South Africa.

Shakib Al Hasan had smartly faced the media on Monday, on the eve of his side's fifth World Cup game. However, the Bangladesh captain's confident demeanour did not rub off onto his troops against South Africa as Bangladesh bowling unit was made to look toothless.

The latest defeat brought the Tigers their fourth successive loss after which they languished to the bottom of the table.

Aiden Markram says South Africa's cricketers are taking "inspiration" from the Springboks' run to the Rugby World Cup final as they continue their own quest for global glory in India.

While top teams, especially the ones who have been successful in this World Cup so far, seem to have proper clarity over their game plan, Bangladesh have looked drab and confused in formulating strategies in the mega event in India.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said his side "still harbour the dream" of an ICC World Cup semi-final as they aim to face their fifth hurdle of the showpiece event in India.

Bangladesh will go into their make-or-break match against South Africa in Mumbai today fully aware of the fact that a defeat would effectively derail them from the World Cup semifinals race at the halfway stage of the tournament.

Even though not much has changed results-wise for Bangladesh in the World Cup, the one thing that certainly has been different in this edition of the mega event in India is the Bangladesh team management’s way of interacting with the media.

An attacking brand of cricket has been the name of the game in the ongoing ICC World Cup. India, with the aggressive batting-approach have led the way so far but for Bangladesh, however, the scenario is quite the opposite.

Lungi Ngidi says South Africa will be looking to blast Bangladesh off the park with pace at the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday, targeting the top order in particular to "cut the head off the snake".

When Mahmudullah hit a crisply timed six off Kagiso Rabada in the last over, a Bangladesh fan in the stands could be overheard telling someone wearing the South African colours: “You can’t spell Bangladesh without a bang.”

330 for six is Bangladesh’s highest ever total in the World Cup. Their previous highest score in the mega event was the 322 they scored against Scotland in 2015 at the Saxton Oval in Nelson. It was also Bangladesh’s highest ever total against South Africa in the fifty-over format

“I think we will be playing on the wicket that was played on yesterday [Thursday], which should be very good for us,” Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh said in a press conference during the team’s practice session at the venue yesterday ahead Bangladesh vs South Africa match. “At The Oval

Bangladesh women’s team’s batting once again fell short of what was required as the batters could not stretch the score past 80 for the fourth time in the tournament after bowlers had done a good job of restricting South Africa to 109 in their final outing in the ICC Women’s World T20 tournament.

South Africa win by 83 runs after bowling out Bangladesh for 141 runs in the second T20 at Potchefstroom.

Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis is sidelined for the two-match T20 series against Bangladesh after he sustained a lower back sprain.

A toothless bowling display from the Tigers concede allow South Africa to score 369 runs from 50 overs in the third ODI at East London.

The first day of the second Test against South Africa made for some grim watching, not just for Bangladeshis but also for the South