Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a hat-trick on debut as South Africa thrashed Bangladesh by eight wickets in a rain-hit first one-day international in Dhaka on Friday.

Rabada finished with 6-16, the best ever one-day haul by a debutante, as Bangladesh were shot out for 160 in 36.3 overs after the hosts opted to bat first on a rain-soaked Sher-e-Bangla Stadium pitch.

Set a simple target, South Africa coasted without major hiccups, reaching 164-2 with nearly nine overs in hand to take 1-0 lead in three-match series.

Faf du Plessis made 63 not out from 75 balls and Rilee Rossouw (45 n.o.) put 99 runs for the third wicket after early dismissals of stand-in captain Hashim Amla (14) and Quinton de Kock (35).

The match was reduced to a 40-over-a-side affair after monsoon downpour delayed the start of play for two hours and 40 minutes.

Rabada, selected ahead of experienced Morne Morkel, struck in the third ball of his second over when he clean bowled opener Tamim Iqbal.

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He then made one-down Litton Das offer a low catch to Farhaan Behardien at midwicket and trapped Mahmudullah leg-before in his next two deliveries to complete the hat-trick.

He joined Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam, who achieved the feat against Zimbabwe at the same ground in December.

Rabada returned in his second spell to add the wickets of Mashrafe Mortaza and Jubair Hossain to shatter the best ODI debut wicket-taking record held by West Indies’ Fidel Edwards. Edwards claimed 6-22 against Zimbabwe in 2003.