Being aggressive to Bangladeshi batsmen is South Africa’s gameplan, says bowling coach Langeveldt

South Africa plan to rattle Bangladesh’s batsmen with their aggressive seam attack that made short work of the hosts in the first T20.

The Proteas bowling coach Charl Langeveldt has revealed that aggression is usually their key gameplan while playing in the subcontinent.

He is on his first assignment as their bowling coach after succeeding Allan Donald last month.

The Tigers lost the match in miserable fashion, by 52 runs, as the Proteas bowlers skittled them for a measly 96 last Sunday.

The second T20 is set for 1pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

“We have to be pretty aggressive. That’s our gameplan, being aggressive to the Bangladeshi batsmen,” said Langeveldt in a press conference on Monday.

The tourists played with four seamers in their attack that included two spinners in contrast to Bangladesh’s five.

But the Proteas seamers coped with the subcontinent conditions well to make the Bangladesh batsmen suffer on a slow and low Mirpur track.

Kagiso Radaba, Kyle Abbott, David Weise and Wayne Parnell returned 6 for 62 in 10.5 overs between themselves for South Africa.

“When we come to the sub-continent, we try and use our aggression. That's why we play four fast bowlers."

“Yesterday it worked for us, maybe on the next day it won’t.”

The 40-year old former South Africa fast bowler believes his bowlers are now adapting to situations for success.

“You can't just come and be aggressive to a Shakib [Al Hasan] or a Mushfiqur [Rahim] if he is playing well… We need to adapt.”

South Africa, who brought a second-string pace unit without the likes of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel or Vernon Philander, is likely to field the same side.

They left out Beuran Hendricks, Chris Morris and Eddie Leie in the first game.

It is likely they will keep warming the bench unless South Africa plan to hand the young legspinner Leie his T20 debut.

“Whether or not the team will play with four pacers depends on the wicket. We could have been in trouble if we had to bat later in the first match.

“In the second innings (of the first match) the wicket did deteriorate. So it helped us when we were bowling.”