DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s slender hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup they are co-hosting were crushed mercilessly by South Africa yesterday with a 206-run Group B defeat.
The result means South Africa will top the group and should have the easiest – on paper – draw of the qualifiers in the last eight against the fourth-placed Group A side.
It also ensured that India, England and the West Indies will progress to the knockout stage although the order in which they do will depend on today’s match between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Darren Sammy’s men in Chennai.
Bangladesh were in trouble from the moment
