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    T20 World Cup: Playing in BPL helped score hundred against Bangladesh, says South Africa’s Rossouw

    Pankaj Sharma
    October27/ 2022

    Sydney: Rilee Rossouw is one of South AFrica's best batters against spin bowling -- as evident in his last two centuries that have come against Bangladesh and India, two teams that have strong spinners in white ball cricket. The South African batsman says playing three years in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has helped improve his batting against spin bowling.  On Thursday, Rossouw struck a brilliant century -- the first by a South African in T20 World Cup -- as the Proteas thrashed Bangladesh by 104 runs in a Super 12 stage match in ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here. Rossouw hammered 109 off 56 deliveries and raised 163 runs for the second wicket with opener Quinton de Kock (63) as South Africa reached 205/5 in their 20 overs. Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi (3/20) then got into the act, sharing seven wickets between them as Bangladesh were shot out for 101 in 16.3 overs, slumping to a big defeat. During his three years in Bangladesh Premier League, Rossouw was one of the most successful batters and said it helped him do well on Thursday. "I think that definitely does help. I was there for, what, three years, if I remember correctly, and for two of them I was the leading run-scorer. I played against a lot of the boys back home and with a lot of them. So I wasn't too unfamiliar with what was to be expected out there. I would say, yes, that definitely helped me in today's match," Rossouw said in the post-match press "I think it's (playing against spin bowling) somewhere I've definitely proved because I've played a lot of cricket in the sub-continent, Pakistan as well, Bangladesh, even in Dubai. So I have improved my game a lot over these last couple of years. I feel more comfortable now than what I use ...

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