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

#1 Aiden Markram

Markram has been promoted from the nets to the field

The crowd favourite and young South African sensation, Aiden Markram, has made quite a hullabaloo in recent times and a public outcry has pushed him to partner Dean Elgar at the top for the Bangladesh series. South Africa have tried several openers in the recent past alongside Elgar but haven't been able to zero in one candidate and the lot has finally fallen on Markram, an under-19 World Cup winning skipper.

Markram has the backing of statistics too, with his First-class numbers glowing at the right time. He is certain to open the batting for the Proteas in Potchefstroom and unlike his predecessor, Heino Kuhn, will get more chances to establish himself in the side given that age is on his side. That said, he would be hoping for a fabulous start to his Test career against Bangladesh.