Bangladesh sent to field first, Tamim, Taijul return

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South Africa won the toss and will bat first against Bangladesh in the second and final Test at the St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Friday.

The hosts are leading the series 1-0 after winning the first Test by 220 runs in Durban.

In a bid to level the series, Bangladesh has made two changes to their playing XI, replacing Shadman Islam with experienced opener Tamim Iqbal and swapping the injured Taskin Ahmed with left-arm spinner Taijul Islam.

South Africa, on the other hand, have fielded an unchanged XI.

Bangladesh XI: Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (wk), Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain

South Africa XI: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Temba Bavuma, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Lizaad Williams, Duanne Olivier