Comeback tales aren't that common in Bangladesh's cricketing folklore. The Tigers have, in general, found life difficult whenever they have made a losing start to a series.

Two one-sided matches, with the teams batting first folding for identical scores and losing by big margins, have given the third ODI at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium the status of a final.

Mashrafe Mortaza’s men have never beaten South Africa in a series. They have also never successfully won an ODI series, against a top-eight side, after losing the first match.

If Bangladesh win on Tuesday, July 15 against South Africa, the world will get an after-shock of the series wins over India and Pakistan unlike anything seen on the Richter scale before.

The Bangladesh and South Africa cricket teams arrived in Chittagong yesterday afternoon to play the third and final one-day international on Wednesday and the first match of the two-Test series which will begin on July 21.

The Tigers have 160 million or more followers; they have got the same number of critics and as many advisors. This is something the Tigers' inspirational captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is well aware of.

The question whether he would be considered for Tests was never there, rather it was when?

South Africa batsman Rilee Rossouw has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for a code of conduct breach during a one-day international against

Mahmudullah returns back to form in the 2nd ODI against South Africa playing a good hand in the record 135-run stand with Soumya Sarkar for the third wicket.

South Africa cricketer Rilee Rossouw has been penalised for shoving Tamim Iqbal on field during the second ODI match at Mirpur.

Bangladesh Cricket Board announces the squad for the third & final ODI of the three-match series against South Africa. The squad remains unchanged with the first ODI.

Bangladesh's comeback in the series may have surprised many, but to South Africa batsman Farhaan Behardien, Bangladesh's fightback wasn't surprising at all.

Prior to yesterday, Soumya Sarkar had been dismissed on nine occasions between the scores of 20 and 40. When a batsman depicts that kind of a statistic after playing just 15 matches, questions regarding his ability to play match-winning knocks naturally come to the fore.

A spectacular turnaround! Ah! Relieved, it all clicked in the nick of time. Soumya Sarkar got the reward of being patient; Mahmudullah Riyad took only one match to return to his composed self. The bowling had its best out in the middle to set an easy platform for the batters. New pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets and gave a message that he was not a migratory bird and came here to stay;

Nasir Hossain wasn't known for his bowling prowess for most part of his early career. But since he made a comeback to the side after being dropped towards

When Farhaan Behardien was caught at deep mid-wicket in the last ball of the 46th over Bangladesh managed to overcome a mini-obstacle of sorts. It was the first time that the Tigers bundled out the South Africans at home.

July 12, 2015 will be etched in Bangladesh’s cricket history as the day when Tigers outplayed South Africa in all departments to win the 2nd ODI at Mirpur by seven wickets.

Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar and middle order batsman Mahmudullah Riyad hit record partnership against South Africa to bag a huge 7-wicket victory.

Mustafizur Rahman's limited-overs success gives him a maiden call-up to the Bangladesh Test squad for the first game of the two-match home series against South Africa.

Bangladesh cricket team faces an uphill battle today to comeback in the 3-match ODI series against South Africa after the visitors cruised to victory in the opening game on July 10.