Bangladesh hush their ODI critics

[Shahriar Mohammad Kamal]

Even after recording series wins against India and Pakistan, Bangladesh still had their doubters, but by overcoming another tough challenge from South Africa, they have finally made the cricketing world sit up and take notice by beating South Africa 2-1 in the ODI series last week, Bangladesh propelled to a different stratum of performance and answered the question asked of them at the end of their 2-1 ODI series win over India. Between 2002 and 2011, Bangladesh dreaded playing against South Africa, losing 13 out of the 14 ODIs they played in this period. But in the space of five days, not only did they fight back from three demoralising losses in the T20s and first ODI, they dominated a dominant force.

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