Watch: Heinrich Klaasen roars in Mark Wood's face to celebrate his hundred - Video Highlights of the Day

Heinrich Klaasen played a breathtaking knock of 109 off 67 balls smashing 12 fours and four sixes in his innings.

Published - 21 Oct 2023, 19:15 IST | Updated - 21 Oct 2023, 23:09 IST

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South Africa and England are locking horns in Match 20 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Saturday, October 21 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. After being put in to bat first, South Africa posted a massive score of 399/7 in their allotted 50 overs. Heinrich Klaasen top scored for his side as he played a sensational innings of 109 off 67 balls smashing 12 fours and four sixes in his innings.

The 32-year-old walked in to bat at number five as South Africa were 164/3 after 25.2 overs. From there on, he went on to play a breathtaking innings to propel his team’s total to 399. Klaasen completed his hundred by smashing Mark Wood for a six and a four on back-to-back deliveries in the 47^th over. The swashbuckling batter celebrated the milestone in style as he roared aggressively in Wood’s face.

However, he later made up with the English seamer and accepted that he got carried away after reaching the landmark.

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Watch the incident here:

Klaasen got great support from Marco Jansen who scored his first ODI fifty. The 23-year-old played a brilliant counter-attacking knock of 75* (42) smashing three fours and six gigantic sixes in his innings bringing England bowlers down to their knees.

Marco Jansen stars with both bat and ball

Klaasen and Jansen were involved in a massive 151-run stand off just 76 balls for the sixth wicket and crushed the England attack in the hot and humid conditions in Mumbai.

Jansen also starred with the ball as he picked up the prized scalps of Dawid Malan (6 off 11) and Joe Root (2 off 6) to give early blows to England. Following that, there was no recovery for the defending champions and they were bundled out for 170 in 22 overs handing a massive 229-run win for the Proteas.

Gerald Coetzee was the pick of the bowlers for South Africa as he picked up 3/35 in four overs while Lungi Ngidi (2/26, 5 overs) and Jansen (2/35, 5 overs) also picked up two wickets each.

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