South Africa opt to bat in second Bangladesh Twenty20

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat in the second and final Twenty20 international against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.

South Africa, who lead the series 1-0 after winning the opening match by 52 runs on Sunday, handed leg-spinner Eddie Leie a Twenty20 international debut in place of Kagiso Rabada.

Bangladesh made one change with batsman Rony Talukdar replacing off-spinner Sohag Gazi to make his Twenty20 international debut.

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Rony Talukdar, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman.

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Aaron Phangiso, AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kyle Abbott, Wayne Parnell, Eddie Leie, David Wiese.

Umpires: Anisur Rahman (BAN) and Enamul Haque (BAN)

TV Umpire: Sharfoudoulla Saikat (BAN)

Match Referee: David Boon (AUS)
Source: AFP