Quinton de Kock hit an impressive 174 as South Africa hammered Bangladesh by 149 runs in the Cricket World Cup in Mumbai on Tuesday.

After winning the toss, the Proteas were in trouble for a while at 36-2, but they came back strong, scoring 144 runs in the last 10 overs to finish on 382-5, with a lot of fours.

It was a mess. As Bangladesh fell to 58-5, it never looked like they would catch up.

Mahmudullah’s run-a-ball 111 was a big reason why they were eventually out for 233.

By the time the 37-year-old veteran hit his fourth one-day international century in 195 innings, the game was already over. No other Bangladeshi batsman had scored more than 22, so it wasn’t even close.

South Africa has won four of their first five World Cup games. Their shocking loss to the Netherlands was the only loss.

On the other hand, Bangladesh is struggling to make it to the semi-finals after losing all five of their games and being at the bottom of their 10-team group.

They had a brief chance to win their fourth straight ODI against South Africa after an early double strike.

But De Kock, the left-handed opener, hit his third hundred in five World Cup innings. He had scores of 100 and 109 against Sri Lanka and Australia, and this was the third hundred of his career. The 30-year-old has said this will be his last major one-day tournament.

Heinrich Klaasen quickly scored 90 runs just a few days after scoring 109 runs in South Africa’s 229-run win over two-time champions England at the Wankhede on Saturday.

“I am a bit more tired than satisfied,” said man-of-the-match De Kock.

“Everyone did their part and it is nice to get another two points on the board.”

As for Klaasen, he added: “He has been amazing, I need some of the juice he is having! He has been really special this year and long may it carry on.”

The seven-person Bangladeshi attack, which was missing the injured Taskin Ahmed, all lost. Pacemen Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam both gave up 76 runs in their nine-over spells.

Get fit again It wasn’t just Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, who was hit during a return of 1-69 in nine overs. This was his fifth World Cup.

“I thought we bowled well for the first 25 overs, got three wickets and they were going at five-an-over,” said Shakib.

“Then they kicked on, I thought Quinton de Kock batted really well and the way Heinrich Klaasen finished it off, we didn’t have any answers to it.”

South Africa quick left arm Then Marco Jansen hit two runs in two balls, but Shakib was able to avoid getting a hat trick.

However, star all-rounder Shakib had only made one when he was caught by wicketkeeper Klaasen off of Lizaad Williams’s first ball in the World Cup.

As De Kock was out with cramps, Klaasen filled in behind the stumps and made the third catch of the innings.

Bangladesh was in a terrible situation now—they were 31-3 after eight overs and were soon 58-5.

With 11 fours and 4 sixes, Mahmudullah put off the inevitable loss until he was out on 75 when Williams backpedalled and dropped an awkward chance in the deep.

Aiden Markram, who was captaining South Africa again because regular captain Temba Bavuma was sick, chose to bat first when he won the toss because England had sent them in with a huge score of 399–7.

After Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen both fell quickly, South Africa was in trouble.

But Markram scored a stylish 60 and helped De Kock turn things around in a third-wicket stand of 131 before he chipped Shakib to long-off.

But De Kock kept going. When he sliced Hasan Mahmud to deep backward point, he was almost the third batsman in World Cup history to score a double hundred.

He faced a total of 140 balls, hitting 15 fours and 7 sixes, which were a mix of beautiful strokeplay and pure force.

Before he was out in the last over, Klaasen hit eight sixes in 49 balls, making sure that Bangladesh would not get a break.

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