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South Africa captain Aiden Markram admitted that they were fortunate to secure the match against Bangladesh in their recent World Cup contest.

Bangladesh fell short of just four runs to achieve their first T20I win against the Proteas. Jaker Ali and Mahmudullah Riyad tried to hit a maximum but were caught by Markram on the boundary when they needed seven runs from the final three balls.

The Tigers earlier restricted the strong African nation to 113-6 in 20 overs after winning the toss.  

"You're always pretty nervous in the final over in a game like that. It was always on a knife's edge, it can make you mentally tired. It's always nice to be in them though. Sometimes you get on the right side of it, sometimes not, but it's very entertaining," said Markram.

"That 19.5 full toss could've gone anywhere, it could've gone two more metres further and we'd have had a different conversation. A few things went our way today, we were very fortunate to get on the right side," 

"Today was one of those days where the seamers were bowling well, we wanted to drag it to the end where anything could happen in the last over," he added.