Kathmandu: India have registered a fourth win in a row at the 2023 ODI World Cup as they beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday.
The target of 257 runs given by Bangladesh at home ground Pune, India 41. Lost only 3 wickets in the over.
At the end of 41 overs, India needed only 2 runs and Kohli was playing on 97. After playing two consecutive dot balls, he not only won India by hitting a six on the third ball, but also completed a century.
This is Birat’s third century in World Cup cricket. He scored his first century in 2011 against Bangladesh. He scored a century against Pakistan in 2015 but could not score a century in 2019.
India had a good start. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill shared 88 runs for the first wicket. Captain Rohit was dismissed for 48 runs. Rohit, who came after that, took over India’s innings. He shared 44 runs with Gill for the second wicket and 46 runs for the third wicket.
Kohli and KL Rahul shared an unbeaten 83-run stand for the fourth wicket. Kohli remained unbeaten on 103 and Rahul on 34 runs.
Bangladesh, who won the toss and batted first, had a good start. Tanjeed Hasan and Luton Das shared 93 runs for the first wicket. Hasan was dismissed for 51 runs.
After that, the batsmen of Bangladesh could not form a big partnership. When Das was dismissed for 66 runs as the fourth wicket, the team’s score was 137/4.
Tauhidu Haridi and Mushfiqar Rahim shared 42 runs for the fifth wicket. After Haridi got out, Mahmudullah played some big shorts and reduced the score to 200. When he was dismissed for 46 runs as the sixth wicket, Bangladesh’s score was 201 runs.
After adding 55 runs by losing 2 wickets in the remaining 45 balls, Bangladesh prepared a total of 256 runs by losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj took 2/2 wickets.
