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South African batter Rassie van der Dussen pulled off a stunning catch to dismiss Mitchell Marsh in the second semi-final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Playing in Kolkata, South Africa had a poor batting effort as they were bundled out at a score of 212 in 49.4 overs. David Miller starred for the Proteas as he smashed a fighting century before getting out at 101 in 116 balls.
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But in the second innings, Australia had an incredible start before Aiden Markram cleaned up David Warner in the sixth over. Then in the next over, Kagiso Rabada sent out a good length ball outside off which was smashed by Mitchell Marsh, who was looking for his first runs. As the ball zoomed towards extra cover, Rassie van der Dussen threw in a full stretch and completed one of the best catches in the tournament.
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Coming back to Miller, he was proud of this performance and talked about taking the game one ball at a time. Speaking in the mid-innings interview, he said, "Really big (importance of this knock.) Glad to get the hundred, but we want to win at the end of the day. Helped the team to score a decent score with those partnerships. Expected these conditions at the start of the match, but we were on the back foot after four down in the powerplay."
"Managed to put up a couple of partnerships (with Klaasen and Coetzee), think we fought hard. It's about watching every ball and staying in the moment, trusting your preparation. It's one-ball-at-a-time. We need to put them under pressure in the powerplay by taking wickets. It's about using the conditions, bowling in the right areas."
