After Day Two of the Chattogram Test, Bangladesh find themselves teetering on the edge of disaster. With only 38 runs on the board, the Tigers have lost four wickets in their first innings, leaving South Africa leading by a massive 537 runs after posting a formidable total of 575.

Throughout most of the day, Bangladesh were on the defensive, forced to bowl and field under pressure. In the late afternoon, South Africa sought to exploit the tiredness of the Bangladeshi players by sending them in to bat, a strategy that paid off for the Proteas.

Tony de Zorzi, who scored 177 runs for South Africa, spoke at the press conference, sharing insights into their strategy: “I think when you go on and you make the declaration, you want to get 10 [wickets]. But I think Aiden [Markram] and Shukri [Conrad], obviously, felt it was the right time for the team to declare. When you've got KG in your lineup, anything can happen for you so we're lucky to have him. (Dane) Paterson showed a bit of discipline and got the wicket. For us it was about taking advantage of tired (Bangladesh players') legs. If I was an opener in that situation, it's not a nice time to come in and bat. Anything can happen with tired minds and tired bodies. We were just at the right place and at the right time and we made good decisions."

South Africa aimed to declare their innings following a century from Wiaan Mulder. De Zorzi added, "There was a bit of time and we wanted to bowl, before, obviously, the light dropped, but he [Wiaan Mulder] was edging closer and closer. I think if he was further away somewhere similar to Sen's score, then maybe we would have pulled him earlier. But he was so close, had batted so well. Because of the time we built in the game, going in almost four, we obviously afforded the right to let him have that special moment, and I'm glad he got over the line."