Rossouw's big day guides South Africa past Bangladesh

A stunning century from Rilee Rossouw helped South Africa to a resounding 105-run victory over Bangladesh in their ICC Men's T20 World Cup match in Sydney on Thursday.

Rilee Rossouw was in an aggressive mood against Bangladesh and his second T20I century helped South Africa post a total of 205/5 at the SCG.

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While it was the most prominent team total achieved so far at the T20 World Cup 2022, Rossouw's knock also broke a handful of individual records on a day where the left-hander was in scintillating touch.

Rossouw became the first South African player to score a century at a T20 World Cup, and his innings of 109 were the fifth largest in the event's history.

Rossouw was in devastating form as he hit seven fours and a whopping eight massive sixes, and his 163-run partnership with Quinton de Kock was the catalyst for South Africa's huge score.

De Kock's innings were slow and steady in comparison, but the South Africa opener looked in excellent touch, too as he added 63 from just 38 deliveries to continue his fast start to the tournament.

If Rossouw and de Kock can continue this form, South Africa will prove a force to be reckoned with in Australia.

Speedster Anrich Nortje picked up two Bangladesh wickets in his first over and bowled with supreme pace to finish with career-best figures of 4/10.

Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3/20) collected his three-wicket haul, while pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada (1/24) managed just one wicket from three decent overs.

Rabada did play his part, though, with a superb piece of fielding late in proceedings as he threw down the stumps from close range to dismiss Hasan Mahmud.

Not much went right for the Asian side, with only Mustafizur Rahman (0/25) able to keep South Africa's scoring rate down and then Litton Das (34) the only batter to make any impression during the chase.

Much of Bangladesh’s good work from their victory over the Netherlands is undone with the loss, given their net run rate took a huge hit following the disappointing performance.

The good news is they are still in the mix for a semi-final berth but would likely need to win their remaining three matches - against Zimbabwe, India, and Pakistan - to progress.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman