Virat Kohli has been in top form for India in CWC 2023. He scored his 48th century in ODIs, in this World Cup, which could be his last. India has also been on a winning spree in this tournament. They continued it with their match against Bangladesh. In the chase, India dominated Bangladesh and they are looking too dangerous as a team, as well.
Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field first. Tanzid Hasan(51) and Litton Das(66) gave a huge start. India bowling looked under pressure in this tournament. Mahmudullah(46) and Mushfiqur Rahim(38) took the score to 256/8 after a middle-order collapse. Mohammed Siraj(2/60), Jasprit Bumrah(2/41) and Ravindra Jadeja(2/38) got wickets. Ravindra Jadeja with a huge catch and his spell. gave India crucial breakthroughs in this match.
In the chase, Rohit Sharma(48) again got a huge flyer. Shubman Gill(53) and Virat Kohli continued to score quickly. Virat Kohli got a huge start with no balls and free hits. He continued to play aggresively and scored 103 in 97 balls. KL Rahul(34) help Virat Kohli to complete his century.
India scored 261/3 in 41.3 overs and won by 7 wickets. Virat Kohli is now one century short from Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI century count. Also, he has scored 78 centuries in International cricket. India will now face New Zealand on 22nd October, this Sunday.
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