South Africa vs Bangladesh Highlights World Cup: De Kock stars with 174-knock as SA thrash BAN by 149 runs

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: First blow as Shoriful Islam strikes in his second over. He cleans up Reeza Hendricks for 12(19).

Rassie van der Dussen joins QDK in the middle. SA: 35/1 (7 overs)

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Mustafizur and Mehidy Hasan Miraz continues from their ends as QDK and Hendricks accumulate 9 runs in the previous two overs.

Shakib then made an early bowling change and got Shoriful Islam into the attack, who started off his spell with a seven-run over. SA: 25/0 (5 overs)

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Quinton de Kock opens his account with a boundary as six runs come from the first over.

Bangladesh introduce spin from the other end as Mehidy Hasan Miraz joins the attack. Nice tactic by Shakib as QDK has not been among runs recently and Mehidy has a decent record against the wicketkeeper-batter. He starts with a three-run over. SA: 9/0 (2 overs)

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: The pre-match rituals are done and Mustafizur Rahman leads the attack for Bangladesh. Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks start for South Africa.

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud

South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lizaad Williams

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Temba Bavuma is still not available as Aiden Markram walked out for the toss, which South Africa won and opted to bat.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: “The square boundaries are shorter as compared to the straighter ones. You need to hit the deck hard in order to get wickets here. It's similar to the pitch that was played between England and South Africa. A pretty good surface to bat on. The weather suits Bangladesh, but the pitch suits South Africa.”

Marco Jansen hammered an unbeaten 75 off 42 balls in the previous match against England, which featured three 4s and six 6s.

"I enjoy scoring runs more than taking wickets; there's not so much running involved. I just love batting. Whenever I bat, it gives me more joy. Bowling is more hard work. It's nicer seeing a ball fly 80 metres off your own bat than your bowling." - the tailender said about his thoughts as a batter.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: This is South Africa's first ODI meeting against Bangladesh in Asia since 2015. Then Proteas went down 1-2 in a three-match series.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Quinton de Kock has failed to get going after starting the tournament on a strong note.

Bangladesh will hope to take advantage of that.

If we look at Bangladesh's artillery, their bowlers – Mustafizur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraj – have all dismissed De Kock twice each previously.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: We can expect a high scoring encounter if Bangladesh can resist the South Africa pace battery, who are in red hot form.

The afternoon is expected to be hot, with maximum temperature predicted to touch 37 degree Celsius.

Temba Bavuma didn't play the previous tie against England due to illness.

Aiden Markram was the stand-in skipper and ahead of their clash against Bangladesh, he informed that Bavuma is feeling better, but is yet to recover fully. He added that a decision on his availability will be taken in the morning of the match day.

“He’s definitely improving. There hasn’t been a final call just yet on him. I think they’re going to make the call tomorrow. But he is at least in better spirits,” Markram was quoted as saying by The Citizen, a South African daily newspaper.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for the Proteas. The team had once posted 438 against India back in 2015.

And recently on Saturday, South Africa piled 399/7 in 50 overs against England, the highest any team has scored against the Three Lions in ODIs.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: The head-to-head record involving South Africa and Bangladesh is pretty interesting, especially in the World Cups.

Both the sides have met four times at the showpiece event and Bangladesh have won twice, and South Africa the same time.

If we shift our focus to overall record, the two sides have crossed paths on 24 occasions, out of which South Africa have emerged victorious 18 times.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Bangladesh head into the contest on the back of three straight losses. However, a win today will take them to four points and help them rub shoulders with Australia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, who have four points each.

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: If we look at the points table, South Africa are placed third with six points and are one of the top contenders for a top four finish. A win today will take them to eight points, same as New Zealand, but it will help them replace the Black Caps from the second spot due to a superior run-rate.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (Bangladesh won by 6 wickets)

England vs Bangladesh (England won by 137 runs)

Bangladesh vs New Zealand (New Zealand won by 8 wickets)

Bangladesh vs India (India won by 7 wickets)

South Africa vs Sri Lanka (South Africa won by 102 runs)

South Africa vs Australia (South Africa won by 134 runs)

Netherlands vs South Africa (Netherlands won by 38 runs in 43 overs match)

South Africa vs England (South Africa won by 229 runs)

South Africa vs Bangladesh Live Score: Hello and welcome to the Live Coverage of the World Cup 2023 encounter between South Africa and Bangladesh. The match starts at 2:00 pm and the toss for the same will take place at 1:30 pm. Stay tuned for all the updates on the match!