India accomplished a flawless World Cup group stage by hammering the Netherlands by 160 runs in Bengaluru.
The hosts made it 9 wins out of 9 video games after posting an enormous 50-over complete of 410-4, simply three runs shy of their World Cup finest in opposition to Bermuda in 2007.
Shreyas Iyer top-scored with an unbeaten 128 from 94 balls and KL Rahul accomplished his century within the closing over earlier than being dismissed for 102. Rahul reached his hundred in 62 balls – the quickest by an Indian batter at a World Cup – and his fourth-wicket partnership of 208 with Iyer took the sport away from the Dutch.
Rohit Sharma (61), Shubman Gill (51) and Virat Kohli (51) additionally went previous fifty as India claimed one other World Cup report. It was the primary time the highest 5 of any group have all acquired half-centuries in the identical innings within the competitors – and solely the third time within the historical past of ODI cricket.
Kohli appeared nicely set to interrupt the report of 49 ODI tons of that he shares with countryman Sachin Tendulkar, solely to overlook a straight supply from spinner Roelof van der Merwe and having to content material himself with overtaking South Africa’s Quinton de Kock because the event’s main run-scorer.
India had been all the time in management on a flat wicket and the Netherlands had been finally dismissed for 250 from 47.5 overs.
Teja Nidamanuru (54) and Sybrand Engelbrecht (45) supplied resistance as Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets apiece, whereas Kohli claimed his ODI wicket since 2014.
Sharma: ‘India medical from sport one’
India captain Rohit Sharma: “Since we started the tournament it was always about taking one game at a time and playing that game well. 11 games in all if you go all the way, that’s a lot of games. It’s important for us to break it down and focus on one game and play it well.
“That is what everybody did. You play in several situations, you have to adapt and that is what we did. We’re very happy with how we performed in these 9 video games. We have been very medical from sport one till at present. That is as a result of completely different people have stepped up at completely different factors.”
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards: “India showed pure class with the bat. I thought we bowled well in periods. They soaked up the pressure. They’re going to be a hard side to beat in the rest of the tournament. As for ourselves, we’re a young side still and it’s about growth for us.”
What’s subsequent?
The semi-final line-up is now confirmed, with India taking part in fourth-placed New Zealand in Mumbai on Wednesday earlier than Australia tackle South Africa in Kolkata a day later. Construct-up of these matches begins on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 8am on these days, with matches beginning at 8.30am.
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