ICC World Cup 2023, SA vs BAN: South Africa beat Bangladesh by 149 runs

Run machine Quinton de Kock racked up his third century in five innings as South Africa extended their belligerent run in the World Cup with a 149run win over Bangladesh here on TuesdayHaving piled up the third highest total of 3825 in this World Cup the first two also belonging to the rampant Proteas South Africa ran through a largely disappointing Bangladesh batting effort dismissing their opponents for 233 in 464 oversAlso ReadSA vs BANSA vs BAN De Kocks 174 helps Proteas to register 382 vs BANMahmudullah Riyad struck a valiant 111 off as many balls his fourth ton in 225 ODIs and first in six years but the other Bangladesh batters cut a sorry figure on a pitch that remained conducive for battingIt was Bangladeshs fourth consecutive loss in the World Cup while South Africa now have four wins from five gamesThe defeat was also Bangladeshs third heaviest in terms of runs in World Cup historyBangladesh were cautious to begin with but twin strikes from Marco Jansen 239 in the seventh over to get Tanzid Hasan 12 and Najmul Hossain Shanto 0 caught behind and in the next Lizaad Williams 256 dismissing Shakib Al Hasan 1 broke their backLitton Das 12 was pinned legbefore by Kagiso Rabada 2 while the dependable Mushfiqur Rahim 8 was taken out by Gerald Coetzee 362Mehidy Hasan Miraz 11 sent in at No 7 in the everchanging Bangladesh batting lineup was removed by Keshav Maharaj 132There was no coming back from the hole Bangladesh had fallen into but Mahmudullahs ton did help them reduce the defeat margin to a great extentMahmudullah added 41 runs for the seventh wicket with Nasum Ahmed 19 37 runs for the eighth wicket with Hasan Mahmud 15 and 68 runs for the ninth wicket with Mustafzur Rahman 11 to keep South Africa out on the park for as long as he couldMore importantly Mahmudullas effort also averted the heaviest loss in World Cup history which was at the horizon at one stage when Bangladesh were reduced to 81 for six chasing 383Earlier de Kocks magnificent 174 and a brutal 49ball 90 from Heinrich Klaasen underlined South Africas batting prowess as they ended with a mammoth totalDe Kock pumped 15 fours and seven sixes to not only record his third century in five innings but his 140ball knock which witnessed a fantastic late acceleration also had the opener record the ninth highest individual score in the tournaments historyEven though he was not required to do the heavy lifting after a stunning ton against England a twoday break had Klaasen back at his best cracking eight huge sixes and two fours for his quickfire effortIn his 150th ODI de Kock flayed the Bangladesh bowlers in hot and humid conditions to bat almost through the end but certainly missed an opportunity to become the first South African to record an ODI double tonEn route his 20th ODI ton de Kock went past Indias Virat Kohli for most runs and also eclipsed Australias David Warner 163 to record the highest individual score in this World CupAnd as has been the case a few times in the recent past South Africa went ballistic in the last 10 overs to add another 144 runs with David Miller making an unbeaten 15ball 34Aiden Markram batted fluently for his 67ball 60 using his hands adroitly to produce seven boundaries but an insideout lofted hit found Das at long on in the 31st over off Shakib with the third wicket stand producing 131 runsThe fourthwicket stand was even bigger and better 142 runs off just 87 balls between de Kock and Klaasen as Bangladesh were left with a mountain to climbThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever