South Africa is riding on the victory chariot, beats Bangladesh by 149 runs

SA vs Ban: In the 23rd match of World Cup-2023, South Africa has defeated Bangladesh by 149 runs. This is South Africa's fourth victory in the tournament. He had to face defeat against Netherlands. South Africa has 8 points. After winning the toss and batting first, South Africa scored 382 runs in 50 overs. Quinton de Kock, who was in excellent form, played an inning of 174 runs. Heinrich Klaasen scored 90 runs. In reply, Bangladesh was able to score 233 runs in 46.4 overs.

Mahmudullah scored the highest 111 runs for Bangladesh. Apart from him, no other batsman could score even a half-century. For South Africa, Jansen took 2 wickets, Williams took 2 wickets, Coetzee took 3 wickets, Rabada took 2 wickets and Keshav Maharaj took 1 wicket.

South Africa's innings…

South Africa recovered from a bad start and scored a huge score of 382 runs for five wickets. De Kock scored his third century in the current tournament by scoring 174 runs in 140 balls. His innings included 15 fours and seven sixes. He rescued the team from the initial shock by making a partnership of 131 runs for the third wicket with captain Aiden Markram (60 runs on 69 balls). De Kock then added 142 runs with Klaasen for the fourth wicket in just 87 balls.

Klaasen scored 90 runs in just 49 balls, which included two fours and eight sixes. He made a partnership of 65 runs with David Miller (34 not out on 15 balls) in just 25 balls. With this, South Africa was successful in adding 144 runs in the last 10 overs. South Africa, who came to bat first after winning the toss, did not have a good start and lost the wickets of Reeza Hendricks (12) and Rassie Van der Dussen (01) early.

If Bangladesh dominated in the first 10 overs, then after that the South African batsmen were in trouble. Bangladesh's spinners kept them under pressure initially but a batsman like De Kock could not be kept silent for long. He broke the silence by hitting a six on captain Shakib Al Hasan, while his reverse sweep six on Mahmudullah was worth seeing.

De Kock completed his third century of the current tournament and 20th of his ODI career in exactly 100 balls. After this, he showed more speed and hit a six on Shoriful and scored 22 runs in one over of Shakib by hitting two sixes and two fours. When it seemed that De Kock would be successful in scoring his first double century in ODI, he bounced the ball of Hasan Mahmood (2 wickets for 67 runs) at backward point where Nasum Ahmed beautifully converted it into a catch.

Looking at Klaasen, it seemed that he was carrying forward his innings of 109 runs played in the last match against England. He adopted an aggressive attitude from the beginning. He hit two sixes and a four in one over of Mustafizur Rahman, while Miller showed the same feat in the over of Shoriful. Klaasen could not complete his second consecutive century as he was caught at sweeper cover on Hasan Mahmood's slow bouncer.