The world was already conscious of Bangladesh’s budding left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam’s wicket-taking skill earlier than he splayed the stumps of Reeza Hendricks within the twenty third sport of the World Cup however nobody noticed the 22-year-old pacer’s subsequent transfer coming.
The Panchagor-born (Bangladesh) did fairly a celebration that pleasantly stunned followers of the game all around the globe. He pulled off the signature step of Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan from his film ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’ and relished the second.
The film featured the track ‘Ek pal ka jeena’ and Hrithik grooved to a particular dance step that was choreographed significantly for that track. Shoriful’s teammates rallied round him in ecstasy as he danced in jubilation.
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However, little did he know that it was the one wicket that was to come back his method. South Africa made a powerful comeback within the sport after Hendrick’s departure as Quinton de Kock led the cost with the bat and hammered the Bangladesh bowlers to all elements of the park.
Quinton took his time early on after which launched an onslaught of gargantuan proportions which caught the Shakib Al Hasan-led aspect completely off guard.Â
The South African wicketkeeper-batter smashed a 140-ball 174 and scaled a number of milestones throughout the course of his marathon knock – the very best particular person rating by a delegated wicketkeeper in ODI World Cup historical past, and the primary Protea to attain three World Cup tons in a single version to call a number of.Â
South Africa posted a mammoth 382 on the board and broke the again of Bangladesh’s batting order as quickly as their run chase acquired underway. The Bangla Tigers have been lowered to 81 for the lack of six wickets after 22 overs and have been staring down the barrel.
But the rescue act got here and that too in type as veteran batter Mahmudullah batted with the tail and scored a valiant ton (111 off 111 balls) to salvage Bangladesh’s delight on the finish.
