Bangladesh's young fast bowler Hasan Mahmud during Day 2 of the first Test of the series against South Africa missed a run out chance. Mahmud missed the stumps by a long way and hit South Africa batter Dane Piedt on his hips.
The incident took place in the 69th over of South Africa's first innings. Piedt drove the full toss delivery from Mahmud. The bowler got his hand to it and the ball hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Kyle Verreynne kept his bat in the crease to avoid the run out. Piedt went for a non-existent single off the final ball of the over and Verreynne shouted 'no'.
Piedt was short of the crease and Mahmud did not need a direct hit to catch him short of the crease. But his throw was a long way off and hit the batter. Wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das was not happy with the erratic throw. The batter made his ground and survived a mix-up when he was batting on five runs.
Crucial partnership for 9th wicket
The missed run out turned out to be costly for the hosts as Piedt went on to score 32 runs from 87 balls. The no.10 batter shared a 66-run partnership for the ninth wicket. Verreynne went on to score 114 runs from 144 balls including eight fours and a couple of sixes. The wicketkeeper-batter’s century helped the Proteas post a first innings total of 308. Mahmud bagged three wickets from 19 overs he bowled in the innings.
Verreynne’s historic ton
Verreynne became the first South African wicketkeeper-batter to score a century in Bangladesh in the red-ball format. Also, he became the second South Africa wicketkeeper after Mark Boucher to score a Test ton against Bangladesh. He also became the third South Africa wicketkeeper-batter to score a Test century on Asian soil after AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock.
Verreynne's century helped South Africa take a 202-run lead after bowling out Bangladesh for 106 in the first innings at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. After Day 2’s play, Verreynne labelled it as his career’s best and most rewarding knock.
