Riding on Quinton de Kock‘s ton, some brutal late hitting from Heinrich Klaasen and bowlers’ brilliance South Africa registered a large 149-run victory over Bangladesh within the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 match on the iconic Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. The Proteas additionally garnered a large web run price enhance with one other emphatic win. Defiant Mahmudullah was the one batter who stood tall as we speak for Bangladesh however his vigilant knock of 111 runs went in useless as different batters failed to attain large.

Gerald Coetzee was the destructor-in-chief as he returned with a 3-wicket haul whereas Lizaad Williams and Marco Jansen bagged two wickets respectively.

With the win, South Africa have climbed as much as the second spot within the factors desk.

While chasing a whopping whole of 383, a promising begin to Bangladesh’s reply got here to an finish when Tanzid Hasan (12) gloved behind a brief ball from Marco Jansen.

Jansen then strangled Najmul Hossain Shanto alongside the leg facet on the subsequent supply.

Bangladesh’s chase lay in tatters as three wickets fell within the area of an eight-ball blitz throughout the first powerplay.

The all-rounder fell in need of a hat-trick when his tried yorker was transformed into an simply defended full ball, however Lizaad Williams stored the wickets coming by dismissing Shakib Al Hasan (1). The wickets continued to fall as Gerald Coetzee dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim for 8.

Litton Das‘ valiant battle got here to an finish when he was caught leg-before by Kagiso Rabada for a 44-ball 22. Keshav Maharaj joined the wicket-taking frenzy when he caught Mehidy Hasan Miraz within the deep for 11, ending Bangladesh’s pursuit earlier than it had even begun.

With an outstanding knock from quantity six, Mahmudullah restored Bangladesh’s pleasure and helped his workforce keep away from a report defeat. In a strain run chase, Mahmudullah introduced up his 67-ball World Cup fifty with Bangladesh seven wickets down.

Bangladesh veteran Mahmudullah slammed his fourth one-day worldwide hundred; his third in ODI World Cups. With the assistance of the tail, Mahmudullah reached his personal private milestone with a high-class century in opposition to South Africa’s weary assault, coming off 104 balls.

Bangladesh did have motive to rejoice on the end when Mahmudullah hit a century and the followers cheered in encouragement. However, the centurion’s exit ignited a string of fast wickets as South Africa received by 149 runs.

Earlier, a twentieth ODI hundred from de Kock and a few brutal hitting from Klaasen guided South Africa to an enormous first-innings whole of 382/5. De Kock completed with the second-highest World Cup rating by a South African batter, whereas Klaasen was additionally at his savage greatest to present the Proteas a powerful whole. A mind-boggling 217 runs had been scored within the closing 20 overs, with 144 coming within the closing 60 deliveries.

Brief rating: South Africa 382/5 (Quinton de Kock 174, Heinrich Klaasen 90; Hasan Mahmud 2-67) vs Bangladesh 233 (Mahmudullah 111, Litton Das 22; Gerald Coetzee 3-62).