wicket.
“It’s a knock that you’d like to play as a batter,” he said after the game. “Not the easiest wicket, not a flat T20 wicket, had to graft a lot.”
“Ball was spinning and staying low, we just needed a partnership, and Rilee (Rossouw) played really well. That was the match-winning partnership,” he said.
Shakib trapped David Miller leg-before for one but du Plessis added 58 runs in an unbroken fifth wicket stand with Rilee Rossouw (31 not out) to take South Africa to a respectable total.
Rossouw faced 21 balls and hit two fours and as many sixes for his cameo.
Sunny finished with 2-19 for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh skipper Mortaza promised to improve their batting in the second match.
The second and final match of the two-match series will be held at the same grounds on Tuesday.
Score Board
South Africa won toss
South Africa
A B de Villiers c Mashrafe b Arafat 2
†Q de Kock c Litton b Nasir 12
*F du Plessis not out 79
J P Duminy c Nasir b Arafat 18
D A Miller lbw b Shakib 1
R R Rossouw not out 31
Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 5
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 148
Did not bat: D Wiese, W D Parnell, K J Abbott, A M Phangiso, K Rabada
Fall: 1-2, 2-31, 3-77, 4-90
Bowling: Arafat 3-0-19-2; Nasir 4-0-37-1 (2w); Shakib 4-0-24-1; Mustafizur 4-0-30-0 (1nb); Sohag 2-0-16-0; Mashrafe 3-0-20-0
Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal c de Kock b Abbott 5
Soumya Sarkar c Duminy b Rabada 7
Shakib Al Hasan c Parnell b Wiese 26
†Mushfiqur Rahim c Miller b Duminy 17
Sabbir Rahman c de Kock b Duminy 4
Nasir Hossain c Rossouw b Phangiso 1
Litton Das c de Villiers b Wiese 22
*Mashrafe Mortaza c de Villiers b Rabada 5
Sohag Gazi run out 3
Arafat Sunny not out 1
Mustafizur Rahman b Parnell 1
Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4
Total (all out; 18.5 overs) 96
Fall: 1-7, 2-13, 3-50, 4-56, 5-57, 6-71, 7-86, 8-93, 9-94, 10-96
Bowling: Abbott 2-0-10-1 (1w); Rabada 3-0-28-2; Parnell 2.5-0-12-1; Wiese 3-0-12-2 (1w); Phangiso 4-0-21-1; Duminy 4-0-11-2
Result: South Africa won by 52 runs
Series: South Africa lead the 2-match series by 1-0
T20I debut: Litton Das (Bangladesh)
Man of the match: F du Plessis (South Africa)
Umpires: Enamul Haque and Sharfuddoula. TV umpire: Anisur Rahman. Match referee: D C Boon (Australia)