South Africa broke many a record while amassing 428-5 in the 2023 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
South Africa were asked to bat first and after losing Themba Bavuma within the first 10 balls of the innings, Quinton de Kock (100 off 84 balls) and Rassie van der Dussen (110) 108 pitches) scored the first point in the World Cup century.
He also added 204 for the second wicket. This isSouth Africa vs Sri Lanka total record in ODI wickets. This partnership surpassed the 187 made by de Kock and Hashim Amla for the first wicket at Chester-le-Street in 2019.
No. 4 Aiden He Markram became the fastest player in World Cup history to reach his 100 from just 49 balls, making him one ball better than Kevin O’Brien’s previous record. Markram’s 106 balls were taken off his 54 pitches.
This is thefirst time that three batsmen have scored hundreds in the same innings in a World Cupandthe fourth in all ODIs . South Africa have missed two matches so far: against West Indies in 2014/15 (Amla missed 153 matches, Riley Rossouw 128 matches, AB de Villiers 149 matches) and against India in 2015/16 (de Kock 109 matches). , du Plessis played in 133 games due to injury, and de Villiers played in 149 games). Villiers 119).), while England achieved it in his 2022 match against the Netherlands (Phil He Salt 122, Dawid Malan 125, Jos Buttler 162 absent).
South Africa finished with 428 wins and 5 losses, the highest score in World Cup history. It surpassed Australia’s 417-6 against Afghanistan in the 2015 tournament. South Africa’s own World Cup best was her 411 for 4 against Ireland in 2015, while Australia’s 376 for 9 against Sri Lanka in the same tournament was her previous best.
This was also the highest ever ODI total between South Africa and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s best record against South Africa is 327 runs in Cape Town in 2016/17.
This is also thehighest ODI score at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, surpassing the West Indies vs. Netherlands score of 330-8 in the 2011 World Cup.
South Africa’s 45-a-side foursome is also a new World Cup record. Among them, Markram scored 14, van der Dussen 13, de Kock 12, David Miller three, Bavuma two and Heinrich Klaasen one. The previous record was Sri Lanka’s 43 fours against Kenya in Kandy in 1996. The ODI record is 56 (Sri Lanka vs. Netherlands, Amstelveen 2006).
Kasun Rajitha (10-1-90-1), Dilshan Madhushanka (10-0-86-2), Matesha Pathirana (10-0-95-1), Danis Welerage (10-0-81-1) ). ). ) markedonly the second case in which four bowlers conceded more than 80in the same ODI innings. The Netherlands’ Logan van Beek, Shane Snaeter, Pieter Zoelaar and Filip Boissevain were the first to ‘succeed’ in this match against England in Amstelveen in 2022.
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