The missed opportunity
At the end of the third over, Mustafizur Rahman got one to jump on Hashim Amla's flashing blade outside off. There was a mild appeal from the bowler and Soumya Sarkar at slip raised his hand speculatively. Mushfiqur Rahim winced as he thought it was close to Amla's outside edge, but the usually vociferous wicketkeeper remained quiet.
As Mustafizur walked back to his fielding position, the snickometer in the TV replay revealed there was a tiny speck of a nick on the ball. Amla was batting on 1 at the time. Who knows what the umpire Sharfuddoula would have given had there been a bigger appeal?
The misery-ending milestone
Amla edged the ball on 1, but Bangladesh did not appeal much. He top-edged the ball on 13, but Sabbir Rahman, running back from cover, could not hold on to the catch. However, finally, in Shakib's following over, Amla played down the wrong angle of the delivery to be caught behind for 15 off 35 balls. It was also Shakib's 200th ODI wicket and the seventh successive innings in which Amla failed to score a fifty.
The sound restart
Very often, Bangladesh give away plenty of runs in the first over of a restart in ODIs, so when South Africa got back out to continue their innings after a rain break, Mashrafe Mortaza decided to give his best starter these days, Mustafizur, the first over when play resumed. He gave away four and three runs in the ensuing two overs, ensuring the home side remained in control immediately after the restart.
The premature rebound
Sabbir dropped one catch running back from cover, and took one diving to his right at point. In the 36th over, he was at long-on when Farhaan Behardien skied one towards him. Thinking that he was getting too close to the boundary rope, he took the catch over his head, held his balance, and tossed the ball in the air. He took it easily on the second occasion and sheepishly laughed with Mahmudullah.
The hat-trick
Kagiso Rabada got a hat-trick in the first game of the series but he was in the receiving end of another hat-trick in the third - three boundaries in a row from Soumya Sarkar in the eighth over. The first was a typical drop-kick through midwicket where the feet do not move, only the wrists roll and the eyes turn. The second was a hoick over mid-on and the third a hammer through midwicket. Bangladesh's plan to dominate the enforcer of the first game was well on course.