In the 23rd match of the World Cup, South Africa defeated the Bengal Tigers by a huge margin of 149 runs. Both the teams played at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium in India. South Africa batting first scored 382 runs.
Chasing a mountain-like target, the Bangladeshi batting line-up faltered and could not even play the allotted 50 overs.
The entire Bangladesh team was bundled out for 233 runs in 47 overs and thus South Africa claimed another victory.
This is the fourth failure of Bangladesh and the fourth success of South Africa in the World Cup.
In pursuit of the target of the Proteas, Mahmudullah from Bangladesh scored 111 runs while batting well, but he could not lead the team to victory.While Liton Das scored 22 runs, Naseem Ahmed scored 19 runs and Hasan Mahmood scored 15 runs.
For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee took 3 wickets, Marco Janssen, Lizaad Williams and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets each while Keshav Maharaj took one wicket.
Earlier, South Africa scored 382 runs for the loss of 5 wickets against Bangladesh in scheduled overs. And Bangladeshi bowlers created a lot of trouble.
Quinton de Kock, who gave a great performance in the match, scored his third century in the current World Cup.
The Proteas openers failed to perform well. Rossy van der Dusen scored 12 and Reza Hendricks scored one run While captain Aiden Markram scored 60 valuable runs.
Quinton de Kock and Henrik Klaasen scored 264 runs in the fourth wicket partnership.
De Kock scored 174 runs off 140 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 15 fours while playing a smoky innings.
Henrik Klaasen of South Africa also played an aggressive innings and scored 90 runs off 49 balls while David Miller scored 34 runs.
Bangladeshi bowler Hasan Mahmood took 2, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Shariful Islam took one each.
