This Day That Year: Rohit Sharma’s 4th century in World Cup 2019
The Indian Cricket Team proved their domination as they
defeated Bangladesh in the 2019 World Cup game played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
on 2nd July.
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat
first. Rohit Sharma started off to an aggressive start putting pressure on
Bangladeshi bowlers. He was given a reprieve as Tamim Iqbal dropped an easy
catch chance. On the other hand, KL Rahul also looked in decent touch. At the
end of 10 overs, India raced to 69 for 0.
Rohit Sharma was simply unstoppable making the Bangladeshi
bowlers look weak and completed his fifty off 45 balls. KL Rahul played with
positive intent putting them under severe pressure reaching a half-century off 57
balls. The Indian openers kept the momentum going taking singles and hitting
boundaries.
Rohit completed his century off 90 balls. It was an amazing knock
by the explosive opener who was eventually dismissed for 104 by Soumya Sarkar.
The Indian openers added 180 runs laying a strong foundation to post a massive
total.
The Indian captain Virat Kohli came to the crease and kept
on the momentum. Rubel Hossain struck to get rid of Rahul for 77. Rishabh Pant was
in top form right from the word go with big strokes to put more pressure on the
Bangladeshi bowlers. Shakib AL Hasan dismissed Kohli to end 42 runs stand for
the 3rd wicket. In the same over, Hardik Pandya got out for 0.
MS Dhoni and Pant put on 40 runs for the 5th
wicket, as Pant scored 48 off 41 balls. The Bangladeshi bowlers made a strong
comeback by picking wickets at regular intervals in death overs. India ended
the innings at 314 for 9 in 50 overs.
Chasing 315 runs to win, Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar began
off steadily with positive stroke play. Mohammed Shami produced a beauty to make
the breakthrough getting rid of Tamim. The Bangladeshi openers added 39 runs.
At the end of 10 overs, Bangladesh scored 40 for 1.
The Indian bowlers kept a tight line and length not allowing
Bangladeshi batsmen to score runs easily. Hardik Pandya got the wicket of
Soumya Sarkar to put the Bangla Tigers under pressure. Shakib AL Hasan looked extremely
impressed with his stroke play and provided some resistance. He showed his
class and completed his half-century off 58 balls. Hardik Pandya dismissed Shakib
to break the backbone of the Bangladeshi batting line up. Sabbir Rahman tried
his best but the task was too much. Every Bangladeshi batsman made starts but
was not able into big scores. Jasprit Bumrah displayed brilliant Yorkers and provided
the breakthrough whenever Kohli needed it.
Mohammed Saifuddin completed his fifty off 37 balls. Bumrah
produced a brilliant yorker to dismiss Mustafizur Rahman as India registered a
comfortable 28 runs win.
With this brilliant century, Rohit Sharma broke the record of
Sourav Ganguly of most centuries in a World Cup edition. Also, he equaled
Kumar Sangakkara’s achievement of scoring 4 centuries during the 2015 WC.
The Indian team qualified for the semi-finals stage. For his
104 off 92 balls, Rohit Sharma was awarded the man of the match.
India 314 for 9 in 50 overs (Rohit Sharma 104, KL Rahul 77,
Mustafizur Rahman 5/59) beat Bangladesh 286 in 48 overs (Shakib AL Hasan 66, Saifuddin
51*, Jasprit Bumrah 4/55, Hardik Pandya 3/60) by 28 runs.
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