South Africa captain Temba Bavuma was happy along with his staff’s scientific show with the bat after defeating New Zealand by 190 runs on Wednesday on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Proteas got here out on prime in opposition to shut opponents New Zealand, recording their first win over the Blackcaps since 1999 within the males’s World Cup. Bavuma lavished reward on centurions Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen for his or her scientific show with the bat. To help the Proteas win their sixth sport in seven, De Kock blasted his fourth century of the World Cup, and Van der Dussen additionally slammed a ton.

South Africa reached 357-4 due to innings from De Kock (114) and Van der Dussen (133), who scored his second century. In the ultimate 10 overs, the Proteas added 119 runs to their complete as David Miller tormented the New Zealand bowlers with a thirty-ball fifty-three.

“Clinical display with bat. Handled the challenge with the ball nipping around. We applied pressure with the ball. We tried to pounce on bad balls, Quinny started slowly, hung in there and cashed in at the end. More than the score, we were trying to stay in till 30 and go big later on. We were always looking to dominate with the new ball and middle overs. Knew they’d come hard at us and we’d get opportunities,” Bavuma mentioned in a post-match presentation.

Throughout the competitors, Proteas fired a warning shot with 5 totals above 300, together with greater than 400 in opposition to Sri Lanka.

Gotta hear the permutations about making the semi. After tomorrow, it is again to enterprise, gotta put together for the subsequent sport,” he added.

South Africa was bolstered by Marco Jansen’s twin wicket in the opening powerplay and Kagiso Rabada and Gerald Coetzee then claimed wickets of their own. Keshav Maharaj struck in his opening over and removed the reliable Daryl Mitchell, finishing with a figure of 4-46, ensuring the spinners had their say.

South Africa moved to the top of the World Cup 2023 points table with a thumping 190-run victory in Pune. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s NRR took a big hit as they slid below Australia into fourth.

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