The India World Cup is not going well for the Bangladesh team. After a great win in the first match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh had to lose four matches in a row. The Bangladesh World Cup team led by Shakib Al Hasan lost by a big margin in every match. The fans are disappointed with the bad performance of the Bangladesh team. Even before the World Cup, the team that was dreaming of playing in the semi-finals, why the sudden deterioration of the team? After five matches, the lowest team in the points table is now Bangladesh!
Bangladesh faced South Africa in their last match in the World Cup. South Africa, who have been in great form recently, were many times ahead of Bangladesh in this match. South Africa is one of the best teams in batting bowling fielding departments in this World Cup. In every match, they are setting a mountain of targets in front of the opponent. However, the Bangladesh team won three of the last five ODI matches against South Africa. The Bangladesh team defeated South Africa in the last World Cup as well. So fans were dreaming of a win against South Africa to some extent.
The Bangladesh vs South Africa match is held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. At the start of the match, South Africa's captain Aiden Markram decided to bat after winning the toss. South Africa batted three matches before this match in this World Cup. South Africa won those three matches by a huge margin. So in this match also they decided to bat at the beginning. Their main goal was to put a good collection in front of Bangladesh. In the end, they reached that goal right!
South Africa did not start well against Bangladesh. They lost the first two wickets for 36 runs. Then the in-form opener de Kock combined with captain Markaram for an impeccable partnership of 130 runs. Markaram departed with a personal 60 runs, but de Kock went on a batting rampage with Henry Klassen. This Protea batsman played a record innings of 174 runs off 140 balls. In the end, the innings of South Africa stopped at 382 after losing five wickets at the end of the 50 overs set in the innings of Henry Klassen and Milar.
In response to the huge runs given by South Africa, the Bangladesh team lost five wickets before scoring 60 runs. At one time there was a fear whether the Bangladesh team would be able to complete 100 team runs. But the team was able to cross the team's 200 with the extraordinary century of the experienced batsman Mahmudul Riyad who came to bat at number six. Mahmudullah who wasn't in slection for the World Cup squad at the beginning, is the best performer of Bangladesh in every match.
Bangladesh failed to play the scheduled fifty overs in this match. The team was all out for 233 runs in 46.4 overs. As a result, the Proteas won by 149 runs. As a result of this victory, South Africa's position is second in the points table with 8 points after winning 4 out of 5 matches. On the other hand, Bangladesh's position is at the bottom with a negative run rate as a result of the bad loss. Bangladesh's performance on the World Cup stage is not at all satisfactory!
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