South Africa beat Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs for 2-0 series win
Al Jazeera
The hosts crumbled for 159 and 143 all out in Chittagong to hand South Africa their biggest Test win by margin.
South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 273 runs to secure a 2-0 series sweep after enforcing the follow-on and dismissing the hosts for 143 on day three of the second Test in Chittagong.
Seamer Kagiso Rabada decimated Bangladesh with five wickets as the Proteas skittled the hosts for 159 in their first innings to take a huge 416-run lead and they turned up the heat further after asking them to bat again on Thursday.
Bangladesh, who lost the opening game by seven wickets in Dhaka, suffered a familiar collapse and were bowled out in the evening session as Keshav Maharaj bagged 5-59 and fellow spinner Senuran Muthusamy took 4-45.
Sixteen Bangladesh wickets fell on the day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.
Rabada dismissed Najmul Hossain Shanto for nine, Mehidy Hasan Miraz for one and Mahidul Islam Ankon for a duck to finish with 5-37 while Dane Paterson got rid of Mushfiqur Rahim for nought as Bangladesh continued to wobble in the first innings.
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