South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 149 runs

South Africa defeated Bangladesh by 149 runs in the 23rd match of World Cup 2023. Quinton de Kock played an inning of 174 runs from the team, while Mahmudullah from Bangladesh scored a century. Both players scored their third century in the World Cup.

With the win over Bangladesh, South Africa reached number-2 in the points table. The team pushed the New Zealand team, which won only 4 matches, to third place. Both the teams have 8-8 points, but South Africa is ahead due to better run rate.

On Tuesday, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat at Mumbai's Wankhede ground. The team scored 382 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Bangladesh team could score only 233 runs in 46.4 overs.

Apart from opener Quinton de Kock, captain Aiden Markram played 60 innings and Heinrich Klaasen played 90 innings on behalf of the African team. While David Miller scored unbeaten 34 runs on 15 balls. Among the bowlers, Marco Janson, Kagiso Rabada and Gerald Cooties took two wickets each.

See the scorecard of South Africa and Bangladesh match

Bangladesh managed from 11 to 30, but also lost 4 wickets.
After losing 3 wickets in the first 10 overs, Mahmudullah Riyad led Bangladesh's innings. The team scored only 90 runs in the next 20 overs, but did not lose wickets quickly. However, Liton Das was out after scoring 22 runs, Mehdi Hasan Miraj 11 and Nasum Ahmed 19 runs. Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Gerald Cooties got 1 wicket each.

After the fall of 7 wickets, Mahmudullah is trying to stop the Bangladeshi team from getting all out.

Yanson takes 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls, slow start for Bangladesh; score 35/3
Bangladeshi openers batted cautiously. Tanjid Hasan and Liton Das got off to a slow start. Both were playing measured shots in response to big scores. After scoring 30 runs without loss in the first 6 overs, the team lost three wickets in the next 4 overs to score 5 runs.

Marco Jansson, who came in the 7th over, took two wickets on two consecutive balls. He sent Tanjid Hasan to the pavilion for 12 runs and Nazmul Hasan Shanto for 0 runs. In the very next over, Lizard Williams dismissed captain Shakib Al Hasan for one run. The team scored 35 runs for three wickets in 10 overs.

South Africa's innings from here

South Africa scored 350+ for the 8th time in the World Cup, the highest.
The South African team scored the highest score of 350+ for the 8th time in the World Cup. For the team, opener Quinton de Kock scored 174 runs, captain Aidan Markram scored 60 runs and Heinrich Klaasen scored 90 runs.

Hasan Mahmood got 2 wickets. Whereas Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Shoriful Islam, Shakib Al Hasan got one wicket each.

Explosive innings of De Kock, Clason and Miller
After a strong start, opener Quinton de Kock made a century partnership with Clauson and took the team's score to 382 runs.

The team lost the wicket of captain Aiden Markram 60 in the 31st over. After that De Kock made a partnership of 142 runs with Heinrich Klaasen. Here De Kock was out after scoring 174 runs.

After De Kock was out, Clawson and Miller scored 65 runs off 25 balls. Clawson was out after scoring 90 runs, while David Miller remained unbeaten on 34 runs off 15 balls. The team scored 217 runs between the last 31st and 50th overs and also lost 3 wickets.

De Kock-Markram partnership took over, both completed half-centuries
After losing 2 wickets in the powerplay, captain Aiden Markram and De Kock kept the innings under control by making a century partnership. Both played good shots and kept increasing the score. Bangladeshi bowlers failed to take wickets between overs 11 to 30. During this, the pair of Markram-de Kock scored 121 runs.

During this, De Kock completed his 31st fifty and Markram completed his 9th fifty. This partnership laid the foundation for the team's big score. After 30 overs, South Africa's score was 165/2.

Pace-spin combination created pressure, Mehdi also missed the catch
South African openers looked under pressure during the powerplay. Bangladeshi captain Shakib Al Hasan opened the bowling with the pace-spin combination of Mustafizur Rahman and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. In the second over, Reeza Hendricks was caught at slip off the ball of Mehdi Hasan Miraj by Tanjid Hasan Tamim, although he could not take much advantage.

In the sixth over, Shoriful Islam sent Hendricks to the pavilion for 12 runs. Then on the 5th ball of the 8th over, Mehdi Hasan Miraz showed Rassie van der Dussen the way to the pavilion for one run. The team scored 44 runs for two wickets in the first 10 overs.

Bavuma is not playing, Shakib is back
South African captain Temba Bavuma is not playing in today's match. He could not even play against England in the last match. Bavuma is ill. In his absence, Aiden Markram is captaining the team. Whereas Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has returned. He could not play in the match against India due to injury.

Playing 11 of both teams
South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Lizard Williams.

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Mahmudullah Riyad, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood, Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.