5 lessons learnt by Bangladesh after the South Africa tour 

2 Their ODI bowling needs a reboot

Mustafizur Rahman

One of the best developments in Bangladesh cricket over the past few years has been the improvement in their bowling in limited overs cricket, however, the 3 match one-day international series should count as a wake-up call for the team.

Bangladesh had proven to be a decent restrictive bowling attack, with good death bowlers and a fine cast of spin bowlers who could often hold their own against good batting lineups.

However, in South Africa, the team could neither stem the flow of runs nor could they pick up wickets to remedy it and this should come as a wake-up call for the team in the lead up to the 2019 World Cup.

Mustafizur Rahman was a big miss, no doubt, but among the rest of the bowlers, only Shakib Al Hasan could hold his own in the ODI series.

The two are the best bowlers in the side and Bangladesh need to build a bowling attack around these two bowlers if they are to deliver on their promise. The trouncing in South Africa might be an early and necessary wake up call.