ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Centurions Iyer, Rahul help India post commanding total against Netherlands

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul struck magnificent centuries as India produced a solid batting display to post a mammoth 410 for four against the Netherlands in their final league match of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Iyer (128 not out off 94 balls) slammed a career-best ODI ton, while KL Rahul (102 off 64 balls) hit the fastest World Cup hundred by an Indian as the duo added 208 runs off 128 balls.

Rahul departed four balls later as India fell short of their highest ever World Cup total of 413/5 v Bermuda in 2007.

For the Dutch, Bas de Leede (2/82), Paul van Meekeren (1/90) and Roelof van der Merwe (1/53) shared the wickets.

Virat Kohli reached his half century but fell for 51 runs, silencing the crowd who had been anticipating the star batter’s 50th ODI ton after he equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 in the team’s previous win over South Africa.

Skipper Rohit Sharma, who hit 61, and Shubman Gill laid the foundations for the total in an opening stand of 100 with the pair hitting regular boundaries.

Gill fell for 51 off Paul van Meekeren and fellow quick Bas de Leede got Rohit out after the captain reached his fourth 50-plus score including a...

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