- Fast bowler Tanzim Hasan Sakib of Bangladesh, who took three wickets in his opening over, is the man of the moment. © AFP/TIMOTHY A. CLARY
- Aiden Markram of Proteas won the toss and elected to bat, setting up a spectacular performance by the fast bowlers Tanzim Hasan Sakib (3-18) and Taskin Ahmed (2-19) for the Tigers.
- At one point, on the contentious drop-in surface at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, South Africa was down 23–4.
- David Miller, who was celebrating his 35th birthday, and Heinrich Klaasen provided a temporary respite to his team by combining for 79 runs for the fifth wicket.
- In the eighteenth over, with the score at 102, Klaasen scored 46 off 44 balls with two fours and three sixes before being knocked out clean by Taskin.
- After making an unbroken fifty-nine in the thrilling victory over the Netherlands, Miller was bowled by Rishad Hossain four runs later.
- His 29-run innings, which included one six and a boundary, came off of 38 deliveries.
- On Saturday, the Proteas had defeated the Dutch 12-4 on the same field.
- Thanks to Tanzim and Taskin, they were four down for just 23 runs in the fifth over on Monday.
- Playing in just his eighth Twenty20 international, Tanzim set the stage for the collapse by lbw for naught off the first ball, dismissing out-of-form opener Reeza Hendricks.
- The next player out was star batsman Quinton de Kock, who was bowled out for eighteen runs with a total of nineteen by the 21-year-old.
- Taskin forced Tristan Stubbs to spoon a catch to Shakib Al Hasan in the covers without allowing Markram to reach the third point in his opening spell.
- Mahmudullah, a slow bowler, had his first delivery removed on 13, but wicketkeeper Liton Das missed an edge.
- With victories over the Netherlands and Sri Lanka, South Africa began the day leading Group D.
- In their opening encounter, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by two wickets.
