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[Ricardo11]

In South Africa vs Bangladesh match, South Africa is performing well. Quinton de Kock of South Africa team has performed very well he has scored a century. Quinton de Kock has scored 117 runs and he is not out yet he is still performing very well. South Africa team managed to score above 240 runs in 40 overs. There are still 10 overs left and they can score fairly well. If they can score 60 runs in these ten overs i.e. 6 to 8 runs per over, they will be able to score a lot and it will put a lot of pressure on Bangladesh.

[Antonil]

South Africa is one of the best teams in the 2023 World Cup. Because, they have been able to strengthen their batting and bowling units. Each of them is in the best form of players and times. On the other hand, Bangladesh had to lose badly in 3 out of 4 matches in 2023 World Cup due to their rhythmless batting. Bangladesh's pace unit has also weakened due to Taskin, Hasan's off-form. Bangladesh managed to retain some hope by relying on the excellent spin attack of Shakib-Miraj. South Africa vs Bangladesh I will put South Africa ahead. Because, South Africa's batting system has given immense advantage to the bowling and unit. As we watched the last match, Henrik Klaasen, Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram scored 400 runs against eventual winners England. And Rabada, off the bowling of Marco Jansinse, beat England to a massive 229 for an economy of net. If we analyze today's game, South-Africa will be able to score around 350 to 400 runs in their batting innings. I hope Bangladesh will spread their batting failure and give a victory to the fans of Bangladesh.

[Sithara007]

South Africa ended up with 382/5 from 50 overs. In the last few overs, there was absolute mayhem from Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller. Mehidy Hasan Miraz was the only Bangladeshi bowler with a decent economy rate. Everyone else got the stick. And Proteas managed this huge total despite losing two wickets quite early (that of Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen). Quinton de Kock ended up with 174 (now he holds the record for highest individual score in this tournament, overtaking 163 made by David Warner a few days back). 

[Out of mind]

In Bangladesh vs South Africa match, Africa scored 342 runs in the first innings. Today's match was really interesting especially the batting performance of the South African batsmen. I can see today that it is not possible for Bangladesh to collect the runs that South Africa has given, Bangladesh will struggle to meet the target of 383 runs. The way South Africa have been winning matches in every match so far has been truly remarkable, and the way they batted against Bangladesh today was something to watch. Quinton de Kock's batting performance was even more impressive with 174 off 140 balls, the highest score ever. I am predicting for sure that Bangladesh batsmen will not win today. South Africa's batting performance will match their bowling performance, and they will move to the top of the points table.

[JSRAW]

Proteas batting lineup is just murdering every bowling attack, virtually showing no respect to anyone and i guess it's their 3rd 350 total in this World Cup.

The lesson to every team is that when you are served with a belter, make full use of it and ditch the conservative mindset. Warning for all remaining opponents, i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.

[Sithara007]

Proteas batting lineup is just murdering every bowling attack, virtually showing no respect to anyone and i guess it's their 3rd 350 total in this World Cup.

The lesson to every team is that when you are served with a belter, make full use of it and ditch the conservative mindset. Warning for all remaining opponents, i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.

LOL.... I really don't understand what went wrong for them against the Netherlands. So these are their totals so far:

Match 1: 428/5 vs Sri Lanka
Match 2: 311/7 vs Australia
Match 3: 207 all out vs Netherlands
Match 4: 399/7 vs England
Match 5: 382/5 vs Bangladesh

As you can see, South Africa batted full 50 overs and made 300 plus scores against top teams like England and Australia. But I don't know what happened during the match versus Netherlands. It was the only time (till now) when they got bowled out, and that too for a meagre total.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Proteas batting lineup is just murdering every bowling attack, virtually showing no respect to anyone and i guess it's their 3rd 350 total in this World Cup.

The lesson to every team is that when you are served with a belter, make full use of it and ditch the conservative mindset. Warning for all remaining opponents, i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.

LOL.... I really don't understand what went wrong for them against the Netherlands. So these are their totals so far:

Match 1: 428/5 vs Sri Lanka
Match 2: 311/7 vs Australia
Match 3: 207 all out vs Netherlands
Match 4: 399/7 vs England
Match 5: 382/5 vs Bangladesh

As you can see, South Africa batted full 50 overs and made 300 plus scores against top teams like England and Australia. But I don't know what happened during the match versus Netherlands. It was the only time (till now) when they got bowled out, and that too for a meagre total.

South Africa's main strength is their batting order. Every batsman in the squad is in very good form. The top order players are off to a great start. The middle order has been able to maintain consistency. Especially I would say they batted brilliantly in the last 10 overs. In the last two matches they have collected more than 140 in the last 10 overs.  The performance of the bowlers is also quite decent.  This team has all the capabilities to qualify for the finals. South Africa won by a big margin against England. Today they will win against Bangladesh by a big margin.  I don't think that Bangladesh has the ability to win by batting at such a big target. The performance of this team's batting order is very erratic.

[Publictalk792]

As you can see, South Africa batted full 50 overs and made 300 plus scores against top teams like England and Australia. But I don't know what happened during the match versus Netherlands. It was the only time (till now) when they got bowled out, and that too for a meagre total.

I don't what others think but I think at this time South Africa is the best team ever. Netherlands just win accidentally by the way otherwise South Africa same in points with Australia. I am sure that South Africa will win today match they set a huge target for Bangladesh. Bangladesh just started playing and now they made 20 runs in 5 overs.

[Yuhee]

Batting first, Pakistan amassed 282, which was enough runs to win against Afghanistan. Pakistan's batting line is good but bowling line is not good. If Afghanistan's opening batting is not good, it becomes difficult for them to bat at the end. But today the opening batting has been very good. Afghanistan's opening batting partnership of 130 runs, they went a long way to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 65 runs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs. Afghanistan's batting has been excellent. Comparatively, Pakistan could not improve their bowling line. If Pakistan could have taken wickets early then Pakistan would have had a chance to win. But in the end Afghanistan won by 8 wickets, congratulations Afghanistan team for winning.

I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets.
Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent.

Currently, Pakistan is a bunch of few quality players but as team they are worst in this event no one having any consistency and things are also going against them as well which is surely concern for their management because they need person which can lead from front right now they are lacking in leadership which is most important for any team.

We were hyped about their bowling before event, but they are worst with poor fielding and no depth in batting bringing results like these even right now mostly feeling they are still in event, but their body language is clearly saying they are having no motivation, and they need to regroup themselves if they want any positive result from the remaining matches in this event.

After Sarfraz they have no quality leader which can handle things with better way, hopefully after this event we will have overhaul in this team otherwise they could be down and out.

[libert19]

Proteas batting lineup is just murdering every bowling attack, virtually showing no respect to anyone and i guess it's their 3rd 350 total in this World Cup.

The lesson to every team is that when you are served with a belter, make full use of it and ditch the conservative mindset. Warning for all remaining opponents, i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.

LOL.... I really don't understand what went wrong for them against the Netherlands. So these are their totals so far:

Match 1: 428/5 vs Sri Lanka
Match 2: 311/7 vs Australia
Match 3: 207 all out vs Netherlands
Match 4: 399/7 vs England
Match 5: 382/5 vs Bangladesh

As you can see, South Africa batted full 50 overs and made 300 plus scores against top teams like England and Australia. But I don't know what happened during the match versus Netherlands. It was the only time (till now) when they got bowled out, and that too for a meagre total.

SA batted first in all other matches except versus the Netherlands, appears they are not good at chasing targets, no matter how small 

This is something future opponents needs to keep an eye on.

[eaLiTy]

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LOL.... I really don't understand what went wrong for them against the Netherlands. So these are their totals so far:

Match 1: 428/5 vs Sri Lanka
Match 2: 311/7 vs Australia
Match 3: 207 all out vs Netherlands
Match 4: 399/7 vs England
Match 5: 382/5 vs Bangladesh

The reason is simple, they always bow down to pressure and they are not good at chasing totals even against teams like Netherland, but batting first, there is not much pressure and their only motive is to put a total on the board and they can bat freely and hence able to put huge totals on the board on the other hand India is comfortable chasing and the match up against both of these teams will be interesting.

[Ricardo11]

In Bangladesh vs South Africa match, South Africa performed very well, South Africa made a huge score of 382 runs. South Africa performed very well in the last 10 overs, they scored 140 runs in the last ten overs. Quinton de Kock was the top performer today, scoring 174 off 140 balls. And Heinrich Klaasen also performed very well, scoring 90 off 49 balls. South Africa is sure to win this match, because Bangladesh has not performed well since the beginning. They lost three wickets in just seven overs. And took only 31 runs in seven overs. Bangladesh played a total of four matches out of which three matches were shamefully lost. And going to lose this match too. I can definitely say that South Africa will win this match.

[Bd officer]

South Africa batted first and collected 382 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 174 runs off 140 balls, Heinrich Klaasen also batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 90 runs off 49 balls. Chasing a huge target of 383 runs, it is very difficult for any team to win. According to the current performance of Bangladesh, scoring 383 runs is very impossible. He went down to bat with the aim of winning and scored 34 runs in 9 overs by taking 3 wickets. Tanzid Hasan was dismissed for 12 runs off 17 balls, Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed on the first ball, Shakib Al Hasan was dismissed for 1 run off 4 balls. Bangladesh are now under a lot of pressure due to the loss of 3 important wickets. Liton and Musfiq are on strike, they need to put up a partnership of many runs to win. But today I don't see any chance of victory for Bangladesh. South Africa will win by a huge margin, I think by a huge margin of 150+ runs.

[jasonjm]

Team South Africa is in red-hot form. South Africa's batting touring apart every bowling attack into pieces. In this World Cup, the top three highest scores belong to South Africa. Overall, SA has made 8,350-plus scores in the World Cups, the highest ever by any team.  De Kock and Klassan batted superbly for their respective scores. De Kock has now hit the second-most sixes in this World Cup.
Bangladesh has no chance of winning this game. Bangladesh are 35/3 after the first power play. I am expecting a 200-run win by SA. Bangladesh is out of this World Cup.

[BitcoinsGreat]

South Africa batted first and collected 382 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 174 runs off 140 balls, Heinrich Klaasen also batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 90 runs off 49 balls. Chasing a huge target of 383 runs, it is very difficult for any team to win. According to the current performance of Bangladesh, scoring 383 runs is very impossible. He went down to bat with the aim of winning and scored 34 runs in 9 overs by taking 3 wickets. Tanzid Hasan was dismissed for 12 runs off 17 balls, Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed on the first ball, Shakib Al Hasan was dismissed for 1 run off 4 balls. Bangladesh are now under a lot of pressure due to the loss of 3 important wickets. Liton and Musfiq are on strike, they need to put up a partnership of many runs to win. But today I don't see any chance of victory for Bangladesh. South Africa will win by a huge margin, I think by a huge margin of 150+ runs.

In the latest update, we see that Bangladesh has a chance to lose the match because Bangladesh lost their main three batsman wickets, which were Tanzid Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, and Najmul Hossain Shanto.

Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto wicket is just normal but the wicket of Shakib Al Hasan is a very big wicket, which can cause a big damage to the chase for Bangladesh. The bowling of Shakib Al Hasan was also not well, he was not in his form, which is good for the team of South Africa. South Africa showing full intent to win this World Cup that’s why they play full of dedication.

[JSRAW]

~snip~ i am glad that we are not facing them in Wankhede or Delhi.

~snip~

I checked the semi final venue and it turns out Top 1 vs 4 is scheduled at the very same ground (Wankhede) lol.

Hope they remain in 2nd or 3rd position or we slide down to 2nd, 3rd  because the Indian record against South Africa is not great at this venue and i guess last time they belted us very badly here. On top of that they already played 2 WC matches here.

[leonair]

South Africa batted first and collected 382 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 174 runs off 140 balls, Heinrich Klaasen also batted brilliantly and was dismissed for 90 runs off 49 balls. Chasing a huge target of 383 runs, it is very difficult for any team to win. According to the current performance of Bangladesh, scoring 383 runs is very impossible. He went down to bat with the aim of winning and scored 34 runs in 9 overs by taking 3 wickets. Tanzid Hasan was dismissed for 12 runs off 17 balls, Najmul Hossain Shanto was dismissed on the first ball, Shakib Al Hasan was dismissed for 1 run off 4 balls. Bangladesh are now under a lot of pressure due to the loss of 3 important wickets. Liton and Musfiq are on strike, they need to put up a partnership of many runs to win. But today I don't see any chance of victory for Bangladesh. South Africa will win by a huge margin, I think by a huge margin of 150+ runs.

South Africa won today's match. Because Bangladesh lost 5 wickets in just 15 overs. eveeyone makes a lot of reputation about Shakib Al Hasan, but Shakib Al Hasan has played very badly in every match that Bangladesh has played recently. for quite some time, Bangladesh gained a lot of reputation in the game of cricket, but now none of the players of Bangladesh can play well. a team like South Africa gives Bangladesh a target of 382 runs.  Such a score shows how badly Bangladesh is playing. While South Africa lost 5 wickets after playing 50 overs, Bangladesh lost 5 wickets after playing only 15 overs lol

[Patrol69]

Team South Africa is in red-hot form. South Africa's batting touring apart every bowling attack into pieces. In this World Cup, the top three highest scores belong to South Africa. Overall, SA has made 8,350-plus scores in the World Cups, the highest ever by any team.  De Kock and Klassan batted superbly for their respective scores. De Kock has now hit the second-most sixes in this World Cup.
Bangladesh has no chance of winning this game. Bangladesh are 35/3 after the first power play. I am expecting a 200-run win by SA. Bangladesh is out of this World Cup.

No team has been able to win by chasing 350 plus runs in the World Cup tournament, so when South Africa gave Bangladesh a target of 380 plus runs, we did not understand that Bangladesh would not be able to win this match in any way. Bangladesh is a financially rich cricket board and they have a good quality coaching staff but their performance on the field is consistently poor. With a target of 380 runs plus, Bangladesh lost five wickets without scoring 65 runs. Knowledge of responsibility is something that is lacking in the current Bangladesh cricket team. Bangladesh should have scored at least 250 to 300 runs even if they could not score 380 runs. Bangladesh has won only one match against Afghanistan and it is doubtful whether they will win any more matches.

[Bd officer]

Bangladesh team has missed the best batsman Tamim Iqbal a lot at this time. Bangladesh's opening batting can't do well, if Tamim Iqbal was there, I might have seen something better. Bangladesh batted so badly today that I did not expect. 88 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 24 overs, Bangladesh batting looks ridiculous to me today. While South Africa was batting, there was a batting pitch, but now Bangladesh came to bat and it became a bowling pitch. I did not expect to see such a game from Bangladesh on the World Cup stage. A few Bangladeshi players were in great form before the start of the World Cup, but are currently performing very poorly. Now maybe those who were supporting Bangladesh may have stopped watching the game, I myself stopped watching the game because I was bored. 295 runs are still needed to win which is absolutely impossible for Bangladesh. With Mahmudullah and Nasum on strike at the moment, it will not be possible for the duo to lead the team to victory. Now it looks like South Africa will win by 250+ runs.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Batting first, Pakistan amassed 282, which was enough runs to win against Afghanistan. Pakistan's batting line is good but bowling line is not good. If Afghanistan's opening batting is not good, it becomes difficult for them to bat at the end. But today the opening batting has been very good. Afghanistan's opening batting partnership of 130 runs, they went a long way to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 65 runs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs. Afghanistan's batting has been excellent. Comparatively, Pakistan could not improve their bowling line. If Pakistan could have taken wickets early then Pakistan would have had a chance to win. But in the end Afghanistan won by 8 wickets, congratulations Afghanistan team for winning.

I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets.
Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent.

Currently, Pakistan is a bunch of few quality players but as team they are worst in this event no one having any consistency and things are also going against them as well which is surely concern for their management because they need person which can lead from front right now they are lacking in leadership which is most important for any team.

We were hyped about their bowling before event, but they are worst with poor fielding and no depth in batting bringing results like these even right now mostly feeling they are still in event, but their body language is clearly saying they are having no motivation, and they need to regroup themselves if they want any positive result from the remaining matches in this event.

After Sarfraz they have no quality leader which can handle things with better way, hopefully after this event we will have overhaul in this team otherwise they could be down and out.

Before the World Cup I was very interested in Pakistan's bowling order. I saw Naseem Shah and Afridi bowling brilliantly. At the same time Haris Rouf was doing quite well. But in Asia Cup and World Cup we are seeing bad bowling from Pakistan. Only we have seen better bowling than Shaheen Shah Afridi in World Cup. Besides, no other bowler is doing well. Although the performance of the batsmen is erratic, they are doing quite well. But due to the poor performance of the bowlers, the team has been consistently defeated. After the World Cup, the Pakistan management should definitely reshuffle the team. And they need to find a talented spin bowler. I have never seen better bowling than Usama Mir.