AB de Villiers scored 176 runs in 104 balls, Bangladesh's sensation

Parl: AB de Villiers, playing his first innings in ODIs after leaving captaincy, played a horrible innings of 176 in the second one-dayer against Bangladesh. This is the highest score of De Villiers's career. He played 104 balls in his innings and hit 15 fours and seven sixes. When it seemed that he would be able to break the record of highest score of 188 runs made by Gary Kirsten in 1996 in South Africa, he would have been able to make a double century, then he gave Shabbir Rahman the catch on Rubel Hossain's yorker. South Africa set a target of 353 runs in front of Bangladesh in six wickets.

De Villiers, who played the biggest innings against Bangladesh on behalf of South Africa, shared 136 runs for the third wicket with Hashim Amla (85) during his innings. Amla and Quintan Dickak (46), who shared the record partnerships for the opening wicket in the first match, also scored 90 runs for the first wicket this time. JP Duminy contributed 30 runs. Rubel Hossain was the most successful bowler on behalf of Bangladesh. He took four for 62 runs. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan grabbed two wickets for 60 runs. South Africa are currently leading 1-0 in the three-match series.

Villiers made a century in just 68 balls. This is the 25th century of De Villiers's ODI career. He has come in sixth position in the world for the most ODI century. He is jointly tied sixth with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (25th Century). Hashim Amla (26 centuries), Sanath Jayasuriya (28 centuries), Ricky Ponting (30 centuries), Virat Kohli (30 centuries) and Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries) are ahead of them.

AB de Villiers completed his 200 half-centuries He is the sixth batsman in the world to score 200 sixes Next to them are Brendon McCullum (200), MS Dhoni (213), Chris Gayle (252), Sanath Jayasuriya (270) and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (351).