South Africa vs Bangladesh 2017: 5 players to watch out for

#3 Mehidy Hasan Miraz

The young off-spinner will be of utmost importance to Bangladesh in South Africa

The 19-year-old Mehidy Hasan has been a revelation for Bangladesh in recent times. He destroyed England in his debut series, taking 19 wickets and becoming the first Bangladesh player to win the Man of the Series award in his maiden Test series.

However, the off break bowler had a rather dull tour of New Zealand and India, where his consistency was put to test by a slew of terrific batsmen. He will face similar challenges in South Africa with the greener tracks making his work tougher. But if Mehidy can come through unscathed with decent figures and hold one end up for the seamers, Bangladesh will be pretty pleased.

Mehidy needs 13 wickets in the two-match series to overtake Waqar Younis and claim the world record for most Test wickets by a teenager.