India’s star wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul was in his parts in opposition to the Netherlands on Sunday as he recorded his second ODI World Cup century to assist the Men in Blue rating an imposing complete of 410 runs within the 50 overs whereas batting on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rahul scored 102 off 64 balls and took the Dutch bowlers to activity. His innings noticed him smash 11 fours and 4 maximums because the Dutch bowlers regarded helpless in Bengaluru.
Rahul’s magnificent hundred helped him to overhaul Rohit Sharma and develop into the Indian to rating the quickest ton within the ODI World Cup historical past. Rahul scaled the historic milestone on the second ball of the fiftieth over as he pumped Bas de Leede over the deep sq. leg fence for a most. He accomplished his ton off 62 balls and broke Rohit’s document.
Rohit had scored a 63-ball hundred in opposition to Afghanistan on the Arun Jaitley Stadium within the ongoing version in New Delhi to shatter Kapil Dev’s long-standing document. Kapil had smashed a 72-ball ton whereas taking part in in opposition to Zimbabwe on the Tunbridge Wells to create the document.
Rahul was one of many 5 India batters who registered fifty-plus scores in opposition to the Netherlands at Chinnaswamy. Shubman Gill (51 off 32 balls), Rohit (61 off 54 balls), Virat Kohli (51 off 56 balls), and Shreyas Iyer (128* off 94 balls) scored fifty-plus totals to create an all-time World Cup document. It is the primary occasion when the top-five batters of a crew have all racked up fifty-plus scores in a World Cup recreation.
Notably, Rahul has offered India with plenty of stability within the center order within the ongoing 50-over extravaganza. He performed an important 97-run knock and remained unbeaten to take India house of their marketing campaign opener in opposition to Australia and has made a number of different helpful contributions within the event.
