A scintillating ton from top-order batter Rilee Ross💞ouw helped South Africa to an emphatic 105-run victory over Bangladesh in their second Super 12 fixture of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Batting first, the Proteas raced to 205 for five in 20 overs, courtesy of a record-breaking century by Rossouw. The left-hander smashed 109 runs off 56 balls with the help of seven fours and eiꦛght sixes. He became the first South African player to score💝 a century in T20 World Cup.
Meanwhile, Quinton de Kock hammered 63 runs off 38 balls. For Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan claimed two wickets and gave 33 runs.
Defending the mammoth total, South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje sent back two Bangladesh batters in his first over and bowled at extreme pace to finish with career-best figures of 4/10. Wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3/20) bagged a three-wicket haul, while pace-spearhead Kagiso Rabada (1/24) took just one wicket in his three overs.
Bangladesh will be up against Zimbabwe in Brisbane on Sunday morning, while South Africa n𒀰ext lock-horns with India in Perth the same day in the afterno﷽on.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Whatꦆ an exhibition from Rilee Rossಞouw! Brilliant!!
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
Couldn’t not be happier for H♍as fought so hard to get back into the & delivers a great �♚�
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Big win and boost the nrr 🇿🇦 👏
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru)
Best-ever bowling figures by a 🇿🇦 in a 🥹
Anrich Nortje 🫱🏻🫲🏻 Lighting up our 🔥
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
Lekker boys💪
Amazing knock Rilee!!!
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
RileyRossouw!!!!💯
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11)
It was a sw🦩ashbuckling display by Rilee Rossouw & Quinton de Kock, a partnership of 165 almost with a strike rate of almost 200 & how Anrich Nortje exploded in the middle of the pitch. His was genuine express pace. BD barring the first 10 deliveries of their innings were at sea.
— Dr. Nauman Niaz (@DrNaumanNiaz)
Rilee Rossouw is the first South African to score a century at the Men's T20 World Cup.
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
Hit-The-Deck No. 1 – Anrich Nortje 🙂
Just remembered some bollywood movies of old 😂😂
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
(Roussouw, Miller, DeKock Stubbs, Markram) and that fast bo🤡wling group vaults South Africa into that upper echelon group in this tournament.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Incredible, fiery and delicious 🀅bowling from Anrich Nortje today 🔥 ꦕ
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
