India recorded one other simple win over Bangladesh to proceed their dominance within the ICC World Cup 2023 on Thursday, October 19. Virat Kohli scored his 78th worldwide hundred to assist India chase a 257-run goal with seven wickets remaining at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.Â
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma gave India a superb begin with spectacular knocks to place India forward within the chase. But it was Kohli and his unbeaten 89-run stand with KL Rahul that helped India register their fourth straight win within the event.Â
Kohli was batting on 80 runs when India wanted 20 runs to win and it appeared unattainable for the batter to succeed in the 100-run mark. But Kohli took the problem with open arms and managed to attain 100 by smashing a six off Nasum Ahmed within the forty third over. After the sport, KL Rahul revealed how he provided his teammate an opportunity to cross the 100-run mark and Kohli’s considerations concerning followers’ emotions.
“I denied the single,” KL Rahul mentioned throughout the post-match presentation. “Virat said it would be bad if you won’t take single, people will think playing for personal milestone but I said we are comfortably winning, you complete your century. When 30 runs were needed, I told Virat that I’ll just block, you go for shots. At the end, Virat told me he made it too close for his comfort.”
Kohli’s forty eighth ODI century additionally helped him full 26,000 runs in worldwide cricket. Kohli turned the quickest to 26,000 runs in worldwide cricket and likewise entered the highest 5 listing of batters with probably the most runs in ODI World Cup historical past.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
