India hammer Netherlands by 160 runs, storm into semis with ninth consecutive win

India continued their dominant march into the semi-finals of the 2023 ICC World Cup with a 160-run thrashing of Netherlands in Bengaluru on Sunday, finishing the league stage of the tournament unbeaten.

The Men in Blue underlined their status as the team heavily backed to lift the trophy next Sunday with another clinical display that was headlined by a record-breaking batting performance.
   

India rode on centuries from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul to post a mammoth 410/4 and would bowl the Dutchmen out for 250 in response to collect their ninth victory in a row and remain the only remaining team in the tournament to not lose a single match so far.

Among the Indian wicket-takers during Sunday’s contest at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was boy Virat Kohli, who missed out on the opportunity to bring up a record 50th ODI ton at his adopted home ground but made the day a memorable one by achieving the rare feat of getting a wicket off his bowling.

Later, the winning wicket would go to skipper Rohit Sharma, who dismissed Teja Nidamanuru to seal India’s triumph.

Brief Scores:

India 410/4 in 50 overs (Shreyas Iyer 128*, KL Rahul 102, Rohit Sharma 61; Bas de Leede 2/82) defeated Netherlands 250 in 47.5 overs (Teja Nidamanuru 54, Sybrand Engelbrecht 45; Mohammed Siraj 2/29, Jasprit Bumrah 2/33) by 160 runs