We could've won: Amla

Having wiped away three-fourths of the lead in the second innings, South Africa captain Hashim Amla reckoned that the visitors could have eked out a win had the last two days of the Test had not been washed out.

While Amla didn't believe that the washed out Test was an opportunity lost, he did however feel that the game was poised in their favour.

"I think going into the fourth day we probably had a slight advantage certainly with Bangladesh having to bat on the last day. It would have been a really good Test match had we even scored maybe 250. It would have been a challenge for Bangladesh to go for it on the last day," said Amla in the post-match press conference yesterday in Chittagong.

"It goes without saying that when you come all the way from South Africa, you really want to be playing cricket. But these types of things… you can't really control, so there's no use getting frustrated about it.

"The game was poised in our favour I feel but there's nothing you can do about it. Whether you have rain or not is immaterial for me. What counts is that we make use of the opportunity that we get. The guys have played enough cricket to know that when it's raining, you need to take the break and hopefully when you do get on the park, you need to get on and perform in the series," added the South African skipper.

This was the first time that South Africa have drawn a Test against Bangladesh. The visitors, despite a good start from their top three, were bundled out for 248 in the first innings. Their middle order and late middle order failed to take the pressure set by some patient Bangladeshi bowling. In fact, South Africa's batting hasn't really clicked since the first ODI of this series, which they won by eight wickets.

Regardless of that, Amla didn't believe that the visitors' batting was a concern and reckoned that the Proteas would go into the second Test, due to begin in Mirpur on July 30, with plenty of positives.

"We took advantage of the first two sessions of the game, where we batted well and then we kind of lost it in the last session but things like that do happen in Test cricket. We also crawled our way back.

"Bangladesh to their credit batted decently in the first two sessions, but the way we held the game almost kept us in the running for a win. At 60 for no wicket, I think we probably had a bit of advantage with us," said Amla.

"From the bowling front, I think our seamers did exceptionally well. I think the best time to bat was when Bangladesh were batting and to their credit they did pretty well. But our seamers tried hard. And Simon Harmer took a three-for and he is turning out to be a really good bowler for us," the skipper added.