ICC WC 23 : India Beat Bangladesh By 7 Wickets, Virat Kohli Slams 48th Century

The 17th ICC World Cup 2023 match was played between India and Bangladesh. In this match played in Pune, India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. Virat Kohli scored the 48th century of his ODI career by hitting a winning six.

Batting first, the Bangladesh team scored 256 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. Liton Das played the highest innings of 66 runs for the Bangladesh team. Apart from him, Tanjid scored 51 runs. Whereas, Mushfiqur Rahim scored 38 runs and Mahmudullah scored 46 runs.

Bangladesh Scored 256 Runs

Batting first, the Bangladeshteam scored 256 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. Liton Das played the highest innings of 66 runs for the Bangladesh team. Apart from him, Tanjid scored 51 runs. Whereas, Mushfiqur Rahim scored 38 runs and Mahmudullah scored 46 runs.

Kohli Finishes Off In Style, Scored 48th Century

Star batsman Kohli arrived at his hundred years and finished the coordinate in style with a six against spinner Nasum Ahmed when he really wanted three races to complete his hundred years and India expected two additional hurries to arrive at an objective of 257.

Kohliand Rahul in the end decided to ensure that the former takes most of the strike and gets to a century. What was a one-sided match suddenly became interesting and Kohli thrillingly got to his 48th ODI ton and hit the winning runs with a six.

Indian Bowlers Did a Good Job

Earlier, India choked out the Bangladesh lineup in the middle overs after the latter got off to a strong start with a 93-run opening stand.

Their last-recognised pairing of Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim was ended by a special piece of fielding by Ravindra Jadeja, whose outrageous catch at point gave Jasprit Bumrah his first wicket. This meant that all Indian bowlers - barring Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli who combined to bowl just 6 balls - picked wickets.