Maxwell covered his eyes with both hands during the near two-minute spectacle in the middle of the Dutch reply on Wednesday.

Bangladesh team reached Kolkata yesterday after their hopes of a semifinals berth in ICC World Cup was all but dashed in Mumbai following a crushing 149-run defeat against South Africa.

Glenn Maxwell’s fastest World Cup century off 40 balls and 104 by David Warner led Australia to a record World Cup 309-run rout of the Netherlands on Wednesday for their third straight victory at the tournament.

Glenn Maxwell's fastest World Cup century off 40 balls and 104 by David Warner led Australia to a record World Cup 309-run rout of the Netherlands on Wednesday for their third straight victory at the tournament.

Glenn Maxwell admitted he "wasn't expecting" to hit a record 40-ball Cricket World Cup century on Wednesday.

Glenn Maxwell hit the fastest World Cup century in 40 balls to power Australia to a mammoth 399-8 against the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Warner, who clubbed 163 last time out against Pakistan, reached his second successive ton off 91 balls with 11 fours and three sixes at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder and ODI skipper Shakib Al Hasan was back in the country today following Bangladesh’s loss to South Africa yesterday, a BCB source informed.

England star Joe Root has said that England team struggled to breathe properly during their loss to South Africa on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. England suffered their biggest loss in ODI World Cup history, losing by 229 runs.

Australia have won the toss and elected to bat in the match against the Netherlands at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi today.

Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haque felt that the Bangladesh team management were wasting Mahmudullah's talents by playing him only as a finisher given that the top-order is still struggling.

Mahmudullah Riyad's inclusion to the Bangladesh World Cup squad had been a dramatic one as the experienced campaigner got back into the side during the New Zealand series at home.

"I watched a Dutch sports show this morning and they were talking about cricket and laughing how it's pretty similar to a nine to five job, how long it takes, and they're making a few other jokes," said Van Beek.

"The cricket, as well, is just a bonus," said batter Will Young.

After a wobbling start that made everyone question their World Cup pedigree, the five-time champions are now back where they had hoped to be with the tricky Netherlands the Aussies' next opponent in India.

Pakistan's chances of making the semifinals of the Cricket World Cup are on a knife-edge after their eight-wicket defeat to Afghanistan on Monday in Chennai.

Shakib Al Hasan had smartly faced the media on Monday, on the eve of his side's fifth World Cup game. However, the Bangladesh captain's confident demeanour did not rub off onto his troops against South Africa as Bangladesh bowling unit was made to look toothless.

De Kock has now surpassed Virat Kohli as the tournament's leading scorer with 407 runs to the India star's 354.

Before being dismissed for a run-a-ball 111, the veteran helped Bangladesh avoid humiliation in Mumbai on Tuesday.

At one point in the World Cup pool game between Bangladesh and South Africa in Mumbai on Tuesday, many Tigers’ fans back home must have wondered whether Shakib Al Hasan’s troops would be able to surpass Quinton de Kock’s individual score of 174 off 140 deliveries.