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South Africa's adjacent lucifer is connected Sunday against India successful Perth. Bangladesh play Zimbabwe successful Brisbane earlier the aforesaid day| ICC Men's T20 World Cup Group 2, Sydney |
| South Africa 205-5 (20 overs): Rossouw 109 (56), De Kock 63 (38); Shakib 2-33 |
| Bangladesh 101 (16.3 overs): Das 34 (31); Nortje 4-10, Shamsi 3-20 |
| South Africa won by 104 runs |
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Rilee Rossouw smashed the archetypal 100 of this year's Men's T20 World Cup arsenic South Africa completed a connection 104-run triumph implicit Bangladesh successful Sydney.
Rossouw flogged 109 from 56 balls, including 8 sixes and 7 fours, arsenic South Africa posted 205-5.
He enactment connected 163 with Quinton de Kock successful a second-wicket partnership, the highest basal successful the tournament's history.
Fiery speedy Anrich Nortje past took 4-10 arsenic Bangladesh were bowled retired for 101 successful 16.3 overs.
Rossouw's people was the fifth-highest successful the Men's T20 World Cup and South Africa's archetypal hundred.
He repeatedly cleared the leg-side bound and reached his 50 successful 30 balls and 3 figures successful 52.
Rossouw did not play for the Proteas betwixt 2016 and July this twelvemonth aft taking a Kolpak woody but, having deed 100 not retired against India earlier this month, has centuries successful back-to-back competitory T20s.
| Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 123 v Bangladesh successful 2012 |
| Chris Gayle (WI) | 117 v England successful 2007 |
| Alex Hales (Eng) | 116* v Sri Lanka successful 2014 |
| Ahmed Shehzad (Pak) | 111* v Bangladesh successful 2014 |
| Rilee Rossouw (SA) | 109 v Bangladesh successful 2022 |
The lone different subordinate to execute that feat successful men's internationals is Gustav McKeon of France.
After skipper Temba Bavuma was caught down successful the archetypal over, Rossouw showed brutal powerfulness successful attacking gait and rotation earlier yet being caught disconnected the bowling of Shakib al Hasan.
South Africa's full is the highest of this year's contention to day but erstwhile Rossouw and De Kock, who scored 63 from 38, were batting a people of 240 did not look retired of reach, lone for the Proteas to adhd 29 for the nonaccomplishment of 3 wickets successful the past 5 overs.
Bangladesh scored 26 from the archetypal 2 overs but the instauration of Nortje, who bowled with fierce pace, settled the contention arsenic helium had Soumya Sarkar caught disconnected a bottommost borderline for 15 and bowled Najmul Hossain Shanto successful the 3rd over.
Nortje returned to decorativeness the innings by splattering the stumps of Taskin Ahmed successful his 4th over, aft spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took 3-20 successful the middle.
South Africa were denied by the rainfall successful a washout against Zimbabwe but this triumph lifts them apical of the Group 2 array and reaffirms their presumption arsenic 1 of the teams to fear.
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