Tons from Iyer and Rahul power India to 410-4 against Dutch / Photo: R.Satish BABU - AFP
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Tons from Iyer and Rahul power India to 410-4 against Dutch
Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit attacking centuries to power India to a mammoth 410-4 against the Netherlands as the hosts look to stay undefeated in the final league match on Sunday.
India, who are aiming for a 9-0 league finish, elected to bat first in Bengaluru with their minds already on a semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday.
Iyer smashed an unbeaten 128 off 94 balls for his first World Cup ton in a match where all the top-five Indian batsmen went past the fifty mark on a batting-friendly pitch.
He raised his hundred -- his fourth in ODI cricket -- off 84 balls and put on 208 runs with Rahul, who hit 102, to flay the opposition attack.
Bengaluru-born Rahul reached his ton with two sixes for the fastest Indian hundred in World Cups in 62 balls to raise the noise at his home ground.
He departed four balls later as India fell short of their highest ever World Cup total of 413-5 v Bermuda in 2007.
Virat Kohli reached his half century but fell for 51 runs, silencing the crowd who had been anticipating the star batsman'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 ton in the tournament.
The in-form Kohli had an edgy start to his innings before he got into the groove and reached the 71st ODI fifty of his career only to be bowled four balls later by Roelof van der Merwe's left-arm spin.
Iyer kept up his blazing form to register his fourth successive score of 50 and above in the tournament and got support from the other end with Rahul playing anchor and then joining the charge.
The two hit 21 fours and nine sixes between them.
India were the first team to book a semi-final spot and have won all eight of their matches so far.
Brief scores: 410-4 in 50 overs (S. Iyer 128 not out, KL Rahul 102, R. Sharma 61, S. Gill 51, V. Kohli 51; R. van der Merwe 1-53, B. de Leede 2-82)
P.Costa--AMWN
