Kagiso Rabada finished with figures of 5-33 off 13.5 overs
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South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada speared through Bangladesh’s batting line-up with a five-wicket haul and made them follow on in Bloemfontein.
Prior to Rabada’s five-for, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla made their presence felt with the bat as they both scored hundreds.
After rain delayed the start of the second day, South Africa finally resumed their innings on 428/3 and Du Plessis and Amla continued from where they left off.
The duo piled on the runs for South Africa as their partnership went from 140 to 247 in fairly quick time.
Both Du Plessis and Amla brought up their centuries during their epic stand, but it the end, the partnership was broken when Amla was clean bowled by Subashis Roy for 132, which came off 163 balls and included 17 boundaries.
Hashim Amla is now second on the list of South African players with the most Test hundreds
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Amla’s 28th century was a historic one as it saw him surpass former captain Graeme Smith into second place on the list of South African players with the most Test hundreds.
Legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis sits at the summit of the list as he accumulated 45 centuries during his illustrious career.
Du Plessis and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock kept the scoreboard ticking with a quickfire 38-run stand before South Africa declared on 573/4.
Du Plessis ended up making 135 off 181 balls, which included 15 boundaries, while De Kock remained undefeated on 28 off 27 deliveries, which included two boundaries and two sixes.
Faf du Plessis celebrates after scoring his seventh Test century
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Roy was the pick of the bowlers with three wickets, while Rubel Hossain chipped in with one.
Trailing by 573 runs, Bangladesh lost opener Soumya Sarkar early on as he was cleaned up by Rabada for nine runs.
Duanne Olivier then removed Mominul Haque and captain Mushfiqur Rahim in quick succession before Wayne Parnell had Mahmdullah caught behind for four runs.
Rabada took over from that point as he sent Imrul Kayes packing for 26 before slicing through the lower order with ease.
Bangladesh wicketkeeper Liton Das was the only batsman to put up a fight as he scored 70 off 77 balls, which included 13 boundaries.
It was thanks to Liton’s efforts that Bangladesh were able to reach 147 before they bowled out.
Rabada was the most successful bowler with five wickets, while Olivier took three, and Parnell and Keshav Maharaj claimed one wicket each.
Still trailing by 426 runs, Bangladesh were asked to follow on and scored seven runs in eight balls before bad light brought play to an end for the day.
Kayes finished on six off seven balls, which included a boundary, while Sarkar made one run.
Bangladesh ended day two on 7/0 and will continue batting on Sunday at 10:00 local time or 08:00 local time.