NZ vs SA / South Africa won from New Zealand in the World Cup after 24 years - defeated by 190 runs

NZ vs SA: South Africa defeated New Zealand in the ODI World Cup after 24 years. After 1999, now in 2023 the team won by 190 runs on Pune ground. Meanwhile, New Zealand had defeated South Africa in 5 consecutive matches. Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen scored centuries for South Africa at the MCA Stadium, while Keshav Maharaj took 4 wickets.

With the win over New Zealand, South Africa reached 12 points from 6 wins in 7 matches. The team is currently at number one in the points table, whereas after the third consecutive defeat in 7 matches, the New Zealand team slipped to fourth place. Now New Zealand will have to win the last two matches to remain in the race for the semi-finals, while South Africa will qualify for the knockouts by winning one of the last two matches. South Africa's next match will now be against India on 5 November. New Zealand will play its next match against Pakistan on November 4.

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first in Pune on Wednesday. South Africa scored 357 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. In response to which New Zealand was all out after scoring 167 runs in 35.3 overs.

Average start for New Zealand, score 51/2 in powerplay

New Zealand, which set out to chase the target of 358 runs, did not have a good start. The team scored 51 runs after losing two wickets in the first 10 overs. Both blows were given by Marco Yanson.

On the last ball of the third over of this innings, Yanson sent opener Devon Conway to the pavilion on a personal score of 2 runs. After that, Rachin Ravindra (9 runs) was dismissed on the last ball of the 9th over. Yanson took the 12th wicket in Powerplay-1 of the World Cup-2023. He has taken 17 wickets in the first 10 overs of his ODI career.

South Africa scored 350+ for the fourth time in this World Cup

Batting first, South Africa scored 357 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. The team scored more than 350 for the fourth time in this World Cup.

Openers Quinton de Kock (114 runs) and Rassie van der Dussen (133 runs) played century innings. Both of them made a partnership of 200 runs on 189 balls for the second wicket. David Miller contributed 53 runs. Tim Southee got 2 wickets for New Zealand. Trent Boult got one wicket.

De Kock scored the 21st century of his ODI career. He scored his fourth century in the World Cup. All four of his centuries came in this World Cup. He could not score a century in the 2015 and 2019 World Cups.

De Kock is the South African who scored most centuries in a World Cup.

Quinton de Kock became the South African to score the most centuries in a World Cup. After him AB de Villiers has 2 centuries to his name. De Kock is second along with Kumar Sangakkara in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries in a World Cup season. Both have 4-4 centuries. India's Rohit Sharma is on top in this record with 5 centuries.

Not only this, De Kock became the first South African batsman to score more than 500 runs in a World Cup season.

202 runs were scored in the last 20 overs, 3 wickets also fell.

The last 20 overs were in the name of South African batsmen. From 31 to 50 overs, South African batsmen scored 202 runs losing 3 wickets. After Dussan missed the catch on the fourth ball of the 36th over, both De Kock and Dussan completed their respective centuries. David Miller also played an explosive inning of 53 runs in 30 balls in the death overs. In the 50th over, Aiden Markram hit a six and took the score to 357 runs.

De Kock-Van der Dussen's century partnership

South Africa lost the wicket of captain Temba Bavuma on the team score of 38 runs in the powerplay. After him, Quinton de Kock made a century partnership with Rassie van der Dussen. This partnership saved the team from its first setback. From 11 to 30 overs the team scored 112 runs without loss. After 30 overs the team's score was 155/1 runs. Condition of middle over in next 2 points...

De Kock's fifty on 62 balls: Opener De Kock completed his fifty on 62 balls. This was the 31st fifty of De Kock's ODI career. De Kock's fifty to century conversion rate in India has been 100 percent. He has 6 ODI centuries to his name in India.

De Kock is the first South African to score 500+ runs in a World Cup: De Kock has scored 500+ runs in the current season. He has become the first South African batsman to score 500+ runs in a World Cup season. He also completed a century partnership with Van der Dussen. This was the 7th century partnership for South Africa in this season.

Temba Bavuma out after scoring 24 runs, Bolt completes 90 wickets in powerplay

The South African opener, who came to bat after losing the toss, started the balance. The pair of captain Bavuma and De Kock played the good ball carefully, while hitting big shots on the bad ball. Temba Bavuma also looked in form in the initial overs of the powerplay, but he could not bat for long and returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs on 28 balls. He was caught by Trent Boult at the hands of Daryl Mitchell on the third ball of the 9th over. In the first 10 overs of play, South Africa scored 43 runs for one wicket.

With the help of Temba Bavuma's six off the ball of Matt Henry in the sixth over of the innings, 400 sixes have been completed in the current season of the World Cup.

Playing eleven of both the teams

New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain and wicketkeeper), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee and Trent Boult.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansson, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee.