Bengaluru, Nov 12,2023: Scintillating centuries by Shreyas Iyer (128* off 94) and KL Rahul (102 off 64) helped India to register their 9th consecutive victory by defeating Netherlands by 160 runs in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday.
Batting first, India posted a massive 410/4 and in reply Netherlands could manage 250 all out in 47.5 overs, with Teja Nidamanuru top-scoring with 54 off 39 balls with one boundary and 6 sixes.
Among the wicket-takers for India were Virat Kohli, who struck with his medium pace in the 25th over, and Rohit Sharma, who dismissed Nidamanuru, scalped his first wicket in 11 years.
Other wicket-takers were Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja, who bagged two wickets each.
The fans had flocked to the iconic stadium to witness Kohli (51 off 56) to get to the record-breaking 50th ODI century at his IPL home, but managed to get a well-crafted half-century instead.
