Kimberley(October 16, 2017): Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla shared the third highest opening partnership in one-day internationals to take South Africa to 282-0 in 42.5 overs and a powerful 10-wicket win over Bangladesh.
De Kock finished 168 not out off 145 balls and ended the game with back-to-back fours as South Africa romped to a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Amla played a more measured innings of 110 not out from 112 deliveries.
The 282-run stand was a South African record for the first wicket and only four runs short of the world record for an opening stand, set by Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya in 2006.
Having already won the test series 2-0 with two big victories, South Africa retained its dominance over the tourists at the start of their ODI series.
Bangladesh made 278-7 batting first thanks largely to 110 not out by Mushfiqur Rahim, who became the first Bangladesh player to make an ODI hundred in South Africa.
1-0! Quinton de Kock (168*) and Hashim Amla (110*) lead South Africa to a crushing 10-wicket victory over Bangladesh. #SAvBAN pic.twitter.com/4wOLfDIE5Z
— ICC (@ICC) October 15, 2017
De Kock finished it in the 43rd over with successive fours to the mid-wicket region off visiting captain Mashrafe Mortaza, making light work of Bangladesh’s best ODI total in South Africa.
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