Proteas secure series win

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De Villiers (69 not out) and Jean-Paul Duminy (49 no) slowly and patiently reached the target of 174 (179-3) after the Proteas had looked in trouble following a poor start in which Herschelle Gibbs and Hashim Amla were out cheaply.

Having been set a relatively meagre target, South Africa ended up labouring to victory in the 49th over after being largely restricted by the Bangladesh attack.

In contrast to their batsmen, who again proved fallible in the face of South Africa's bowlers, Abdur Razzak and Mosharraf Hossain in particular troubled the Proteas with their accuracy and pace.

They restricted the tourists to just one boundary in the first six overs, during which Gibbs was trapped lbw by Mashrafe Mortaza for three runs.

The impressive Razzak then produced a fine catch off his own bowling to dismiss Hashim Amla for 16 to leave South Africa on 45 for two, but De Villiers soon settled in and brought up 50 for the tourists by punching Syed Rasel straight down the ground for four.

Skipper Graeme Smith (28) had looked in good touch but chased a wide Razzak delivery and dragged the ball on to his stumps.

Duminy and De Villers steadied the ship and their 119-run partnership eventually saw the visitors home. The latter brought up his half century with a single to deep cover at the end of another lean over from Hossain.

It was slow progress for the Proteas with the pair each hitting just four boundaries, the last of which was a six from De Villiers to seal the win.

Earlier, Andre Nel claimed four wickets for 27 as South Africa restricted Bangladesh to 173.