In the 23rd ODI match of World Cup 2023, South Africa has defeated Bangladesh by 149 runs. Quinton de Kock’s brilliant performance played an important role in South Africa’s victory. This match was held on Tuesday at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. South Africa won the toss and decided to bat. South Africa set a huge target of 382 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.
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Quinton de Kock’s Heroic 174 runs
Quinton de Kock thrashed the Bangladeshi bowlers and scored 174 runs in 140 balls. Heinrich Klaasen played a courageous inning of 90 runs in 49 balls. In the absence of Temba Bavuma, Aiden Markram once again led the South African team and scored 60 runs. Bangladesh’s batting order faltered from the beginning due to bowlers like Marco Jensen and Kagiso Rabada.
Bangladesh’s failed run chase
Bangladesh lost both openers early and for 12 runs. Meanwhile, Jensen once again dismissed Nazmul Hossain Shanto for a golden duck. Shakib Al Hasan was out cheaply to Williams after scoring just 1 run. Mahmudullah proved to be the only Bangladesh batsman to score a century by scoring 111 runs in 111 balls. But his efforts made no difference as he found no partner at the crease. Bangladesh was all out for 233 runs with 20 balls remaining.
Key highlights from the match :
- South Africa won the toss and opt to bat
- Aiden Markram leads the SA team as Temba Bavuma is unavailable
- Quinton de Kock scores massive 174 runs off 140 balls
- Heinrich Klaasen puts fireshow slamming 90 runs in 49 balls
- Aiden Markram scores a decent 60 runs in 69 balls
- South Africa puts a whooping score of 382 runs
- Bangladesh looses Tanzid Hasan for 12 runs and Najmul Hossain Shanto for 0 runs at mere score of 30 runs
- Mahmudullah smacks 111 runs off 111 balls
- Gerald Coetzee takes 3 wickets
- Bangladesh all out for 233 runs in 46.4 overs, lost game by 149 runs.
South Africa’s Journey in World Cup 2023
South Africa’s batting has been proven to be lethal in this year world cup. They have put massive scores in last 4 matches. Alone Quinton De Kock scored 3 hundreds in this edition of World Cup 2023. Protea batters set targets as 428/5 vs Sri Lanka, 311/7 vs Australia, 399/7 vs England, 382/5 vs Bangladesh. On other hand the South African bowling at death overs was a disaster.
Upcoming match
South Africa’s next match is scheduled on 27 Oct 2023 against Pakistan. The current performance of both teams indicates South Africa to continue the strike. But in last 5 matches with Pakistan, South Africa was able to bag 2 wins and Pakistan bagged 3 wins.
