| ICC Males’s World Cup, Bangalore |
| India 410-4 (50 overs): Shreyas 128* (94), Rahul 102 (64), Rohit 61 (54) |
| Netherlands 250 (47.5 overs): Nidamanuru 54 (39), Engelbrecht 45 (80); Siraj 2-29 |
| India received by 160 runs |
| Scorecard. Desk. |
Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit centuries as India made it 9 wins from 9 group-stage video games with a 160-run victory over over the Netherlands.
After the highest three all scored fifties, Shreyas and Rahul placed on 208 in Bengaluru to take India to their second highest World Cup whole, 410-4.
Shreyas ended unbeaten on 128, whereas Rahul’s 62-ball ton is the hosts’ quickest at a World Cup.
In reply, the Netherlands began nicely however fell away to be bowled out for 250.
With qualification lengthy since assured and a semi-final in opposition to New Zealand, in Mumbai on Wednesday, a lot of the pre-game focus was on Virat Kohli and whether or not he might surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s report and make his fiftieth one-day worldwide century.
India batting first gave him an opportunity however he was made to attend as openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared a stand of 100, doing so in fast time.
Gill made a 30-ball half-century however there have been cheers when he departed because it introduced Kohli to the crease.
Rohit went for 61 however Kohli, after a barely tentative begin, settled into his innings and seemed assured on the crease, making the second he was bowled by Roelof van der Merwe for 51 all of the extra stunning to these in attendance on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Shreyas and Rahul helped them transfer previous that shock with a boundary-laden partnership that helped India rating 126 runs within the final 10 overs.
Shreyas reached his first World Cup ton from 84 balls within the forty sixth over and was joined on three figures by Rahul, who hit back-to-back sixes to begin the final to succeed in the milestone.
Regardless of dropping Wesley Barresi early, the Netherlands began nicely with numerous eye-catching pictures from Max O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann within the powerplay.
However Ackerman was dismissed within the thirteenth over and, whereas there was by no means any type of collapse, wickets fell at common intervals earlier than, with the chase lengthy since deserted, Teja Nidamanuru holed out within the forty eighth over to convey the match to a detailed.
Dominant India set for knockout problem
No Kohli century means this was not fairly the dream day for India however it was one other very snug win.
A lot in order that Kohli was certainly one of 4 part-time – at finest – bowlers given an opportunity as soon as the Netherlands’ probabilities went from slim to fractionally-more-than-nil. He was even in a position to take his first ODI wicket since 2014.
The injury had been completed with the bat and that the highest 5 all handed 50 and Rahul made his first rating of notice for a month solely provides to the more and more lengthy record of positives for India.
Nonetheless, spectacular as they’ve been, their actual check begins now. Nobody even contemplated a situation wherein they did not make the final 4.
This match has at all times been about whether or not they can recover from the road in an ICC occasion for the primary time since 2011.
New Zealand, who despatched them packing on the similar stage 4 years in the past, stand of their method.
India look to have all of the instruments to make this one other house World Cup to recollect and have two extra video games to show it.