{"id":5581,"date":"2024-10-29T07:17:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/?p=5581"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:17:44","slug":"south-africa-seizes-early-advantage-in-chattogram-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/south-africa-seizes-early-advantage-in-chattogram-test\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Seizes Early Advantage in Chattogram Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa made a strong start to the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram, opting to bat first on a promising wicket. The Proteas openers, Aiden Markram and Tony de Zorzi, put on a solid 69-run stand to set the tone for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a promising start, Markram&#8217;s innings was cut short by a mistimed shot, leaving de Zorzi to carry the batting load. The left-hander, who was dropped early in his innings, made Bangladesh pay by unleashing a powerful six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the lunch break approached, South Africa found themselves comfortably placed at 109\/1, with de Zorzi unbeaten on 49. The Proteas will be hoping to build on this strong start and post a substantial total in the first innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa opted to bat first and made a strong start.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Markram and de Zorzi put on a 69-run opening stand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De Zorzi was dropped early in his innings but made Bangladesh pay with a powerful six.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Markram fell short of a big score, but de Zorzi remained unbeaten on 49 at lunch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brief Scores:<\/strong> South Africa 109\/1 (Tony de Zorzi 49*, Aiden Markram 33) vs Bangladesh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa made a strong start to the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram, opting to bat first on a promising wicket. The Proteas openers, Aiden Markram and Tony de Zorzi, put on a solid 69-run stand to set the tone for the day. Despite a promising start, Markram&#8217;s innings was cut short by a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,56],"tags":[181,67,113],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5583,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5581\/revisions\/5583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}