South Africa's Wiaan Mulder celebrated his century on the second day of the second Test cricket match between Bangladesh and South Africa at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.

South Africa declared their first innings at a formidable 575-6, thanks to Tony de Zorzi's 177 and Wiaan Mulder's unbeaten 105. The tourists then reduced Bangladesh to 38-4 on day two of their second test. Mominul Haque was batting on six with Najmul Hossain Shanto unbeaten on four when poor light brought play to a premature close, leaving Bangladesh trailing by 537 runs.

Mulder had a few anxious moments and dived into the crease to avoid being run out before achieving his maiden test century. He reached the milestone with a powerful six off spinner Taijul Islam and triumphantly raised his arms. With De Zorzi and Tristan Stubbs also scoring their maiden centuries, it marked only the second time in test history that three batsmen had done so in the same innings. The first trio was Gerry Gomez, Robert Christiani, and Clyde Walcott, who achieved the feat against India in 1948.

After South Africa's stand-in captain Aiden Markram declared their innings, Kagiso Rabada provided the perfect start by dismissing Shadman Islam for a duck and Zakir Hasan for two. Mahmudul Hasan Joy fell to Dane Paterson for 10, and nightwatchman Hasan Mahmud was bowled by Keshav Maharaj for three, leaving Bangladesh in a precarious position.

Earlier, De Zorzi continued from where he left off after scoring his century on Tuesday. South Africa accumulated runs effortlessly on a batting-friendly track, resuming at 307-2. He reached his 150 with a lofted boundary off Taijul and followed it up with another, putting the hosts under pressure early on another hot, humid day.

Bedingham was equally aggressive and scored a quick-fire 59 but was bowled out by Taijul, who then trapped De Zorzi lbw and removed Kyle Verreynne for a duck shortly before lunch, claiming his 14th five-wicket haul. However, it was expensive, as he finished with 5-198. Senuran Muthusamy made an unbeaten 68, combining well with Mulder in another 100-run stand, helping the Proteas surpass 500 runs in tests for the first time since 2020. South Africa leads the two-match series 1-0 after their seven-wicket victory in Dhaka.

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