ISLAMABAD: Quinton de Kock’s 174 runs, supported by superb knocks from Markram with a later flying inning by Klaasen, guided South Africa to a huge total of 382 runs against Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup contest played at Mumbai on Tuesday. This was the 3rd hundred by de Kock in the mega event, taking the proteas to a huge total every time.
After winning the toss, South Africa decided to bat first. Both openers of South Africa took a quick start; however, they lost the first wicket in the 7th over at 33 when Reeza Hendricks was dismissed by Shoriful Islam on 12. The Proteas lost their second wicket in the next over as Rassie van der Dussen also got out on just 1 run. After two quick dismissals, de Kock was joined by Markram and both the batters accelerated the inning ahead.
Both completed their half-centuries and contributed 131 runs partnership for the team. In the 31st over, when the score reached 167, Shakib-Al-Hasan dismissed Markram on 60. On the other hand, de Kock continued his splendid inning. Markram was replaced by the in-form Klaasen. Both batters accelerated the innings further. Quinton de Kock also completed his brilliant hundred. Klaasen also added crucial quick runs and completed his half-century on 34 balls, including 4 sixes and a boundary. Both the batters drove the side passed 300 runs in 44 overs.
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Meanwhile, De Kock didn’t stop there, completed 150 runs in style. In the 46th over, finally, Bangladesh took a sigh of relief to remove de Kock on 174. His splendid inning included 7 sixes and 15 boundaries. This was the top score of de Kock in the World Cup as well as in the ODI. In the last 5 over, Klaasen showed his class while repeating his previous inning firework. He mashed a brilliant inning of 90 runs in 49 balls. His inning included 8 sixes and 2 boundaries. Miller also added a quick inning of 34 runs on 15 balls.
In 50 overs, South Africa scored 382 for the loss of 5 wickets. This was the third-highest score of the current World Cup, whereas all the three highest score belongs to South Africa.
From Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud grabbed two wickets, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan, and Shoriful Islam got one wicket each.
South Africa Team
Quinton de Kock †, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Lizaad Williams
Bangladesh Team
Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim †, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud
