CWC 2023: South Africa’s antifragile batting swallows Sri Lankan bowling lineup.

South Africa is off to a flying start after winning their opening match against Sri Lanka by 102 runs. After facing South Africa’s antifragile batting skit, the Sri Lankan bowling order seems in disarray.

In the 4th match of CWC 2023, South Africa won by a massive margin of 102 runs at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. Three individual centuries by Quinton de Kock (100/84), Rassie van der Dussen (108/110), and Aiden Markram (106/54) helped them put a mammoth total of 428. Needless to say, the Sri Lankan bowling lineup did not impress anyone today.

Match Summary

Occasional wickets taken by Dilshan Madushanka or Matheesha Pathirana made no difference as their bowling economy rate flew above the roof. Only Sri Lanka’s average bowling economy rate of 8.49 could explain Aiden Markham’s quickest CWC Century off from just 49 balls with a massive strike rate of 196.30. The 29-year-old batter hit fourteen 4s and three 6s before finally getting taken out by Madushanka.

✅ The fastest century in Men's World Cup history
✅ The highest innings total in Men's World Cup history

All the records to fall from South Africa's outstanding #CWC23 performance against Sri Lanka ⬇https://t.co/hdvzlibvgf

— ICC (@ICC) October 7, 2023

On the other hand, the Sri Lankan batting lineup appeared to put up adequate resistance. While chasing the highest-ever CWC ODI total of 428, Sri Lanka ended up in 326 within 44.5 overs. A heroic effort from Kusal Mendis & Charith Asalanka sparked some hope among the fans, but the hype train lost track later on. South African bowlers managed to put Sri Lankan batters under constant pressure throughout their innings.

South Africa is not new to the 400 runs club; they have done it multiple times before. Such an early tournament display of batting excellence makes South Africa’s message very clear, they are coming for the trophy. This could be South Africa’s shot at breaking the Semifinal curse.