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Below-par South Africa left dazed by Bangladesh

South Africa were dealt an early blow after electing to bat, as Mustafizur Rahman sent back Quinton de Kock in the fifth over  AFP
Hashim Amla seemed to have got a hang of the slow surface, as he tried to rebuild the innings with Faf du Plessis for company  AFP
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But it wasn't to be Amla's day as he was cleaned up by Rubel Hossain, who replaced Jubair Hossain in the XI, in the 13th over  AFP
The slide began for South Africa as Mahmudullah and Nasir Hossain dismissed David Miller and Rilee Rossouw to leave them on 74 for 4  AFP
Du Plessis resisted to score 41 off 64 balls, the highest for his side  AFP
But after Nasir Hossain prised out du Plessis' wicket in the 29th over, South Africa lost JP Duminy and Chris Morris in the next seven overs  AFP
Farhaan Behardien, however, sought to push his side's total to a respectable one, stringing handy partnerships with the lower order. Behardien was last man out for 36 in the 46th over, as South Africa were bowled out for 162  AFP
Bangladesh got off to a poor start, losing Tamim Iqbal to Kagiso Rabada in the seventh ball of the innings  AFP
Rabada continued to be a thorn in Bangladesh's flesh, as he bowled Litton Das in the fourth over to reduce them to 24 for 2  AFP
However, Soumya Sarkar hit back, smashing an unbeaten 88 off 79 balls that included 13 fours and a six  AFP
He received ample support from Mahmudullah, who completed his 50 off 64 balls  AFP
As they put on 135 runs in 22.4 overs for the third wicket to bat South Africa out of the match, Amla was left wondering what went wrong  AFP
Mahmudullah was dismissed with four runs to go, but Soumya ensured he settled the issue with a six as Bangladesh completed a seven-wicket win with 134 balls to spare. They also confirmed their spot in the Champions Trophy  AFP
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