BIRMINGHAM: India opener Rohit Sharma hit his fourth century of the World Cup and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets as Virat Kohli’s side booked their place in the semi-finals with a 28-run win over Bangladesh at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

Sharma’s attacking 104 laid the foundation of India’s 314 for nine after Kohli elected to bat first in India’s penultimate match of the league phase.

Yet for the second match in a row Sharma -- as happened during India’s 31-run defeat by England at Edgbaston on Sunday -- was dropped in single figures before making a hundred.

India’s bowlers then combined to dismiss Bangladesh for 286 with two overs to spare after star batsman Shakib Al Hasan top-scored with a valiant 66.

Apart from Bumrah’s four wickets, fellow paceman Hardik Pandya three, including the prize scalp of Shakib.

Defeat ended Bangl­adesh’s slim hopes of a place in the last four after they had impressed during wins over South Africa and the West Indies.

The day belonged to the in-form Sharma, who played an attacking knock, hitting seven fours and five sixes in his 92-ball innings while being cheered on by another largely pro-India crowd in Birmingham.

Sharma and opening partner KL Rahul put on 180 -- the highest stand for the first wicket in the tournament -- to get India off to a flying start.

But Sharma should have been out for nine only for Tamim Iqbal to drop a simple catch at deep mid-wicket following a mistimed pull off paceman Mustafizur Rahman.

Sharma was finally was caught at extra cover by Liton Das off the bowling of Soumya Sarkar and Rahul, who filled an opener’s slot following an injury to Shikhar Dhawan, was caught behind off Rubel Hossain for 77.

Mustafizur took five wickets, including star batsman Kohli for 26, to check India’s surge.

The paceman struck twice in the space of three balls to dismiss both Kohli and Pandya.

Rishabh Pant once again showed his worth at the number four position with a brisk 48, using the short boundary at one side of Edgbaston to his advantage.

M.S. Dhoni, who received flak for his slow innings in India’s defeat by England on Sunday -- their only loss so far this tournament -- chipped in with a 33-ball 35.

Paceman Mohammed Shami struck early in Bangladesh’s reply when Tamim, who made 22, chopped the ball onto his stumps.

Shakib struck his sixth fifty-plus score that includes two hundreds to keep Bangladesh in hunt.

But Pandya’s second spell saw the all-rounder account for Liton and Shakib to leave Bangladesh struggling at 179-6 in the 34th over.

Shakib, who has been Bangladesh’s go-to man, played well for his 46th ODI fifty but was undone by a slower ball and caught at extra cover.

Mohammad Saifuddin made an unbeaten 51 only to run out of partners as Bumrah ended the match with two wickets in successive deliveries.

Bangladesh face Pakistan in their last group match at Lord’s on Friday.

India meet Sri Lanka on the final day of the round-robin phase on Saturday.

STANDINGS

(Tabulated under played, won, lost, no-result, points, net run-rate):

Australia 8 7 1 0 14 +1.000

India 8 6 1 1 13 +0.811

New Zealand 8 5 2 1 11 +0.572

England 8 5 3 0 10 +1.000

Pakistan 8 4 3 1 9 -0.792

Sri Lanka 8 3 3 2 8 -0.934

Bangladesh 8 3 4 1 7 -0.195

South Africa 8 2 5 1 5 -0.080

West Indies 8 1 6 1 3 -0.335

Afghanistan 8 0 8 0 0 -1.418

Updated after India vs

Bangladesh match on Tuesday

Scoreboard

INDIA:

Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR

K.L. Rahul c Mushfiqur b Rubel 77 92 6 1 83.69

R.G. Sharma c Liton b Soumya 104 92 7 5 113.04

V. Kohli c Rubel b Mustafizur 26 27 3 0 96.29

R.R. Pant c Mosaddek b Shakib 48 41 6 1 117.07

H.H. Pandya c Soumya b Mustafizur 0 2 0 0 0.00

M.S. Dhoni c Shakib b Mustafizur 35 33 4 0 106.06

K.D. Karthik c Mosaddek b Mustafizur 8 9 1 0 88.88

B. Kumar run out 2 3 0 0 66.66

Mohammed Shami b Mustafizur 1 2 0 0 50.00

J.J. Bumrah not out 0 0 0 0 --

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-6, NB-1) 13 - - - --

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 314 - - - --

FALL OF WKTS: 1-180 (Sharma, 29.2 ov), 2-195 (Rahul, 32.4 ov), 3-237 (Kohli, 38.2 ov), 4-237 (Pandya, 38.4 ov), 5-277 (Pant, 44.1 ov), 6-298 (Karthik, 47.2 ov), 7-311 (Dhoni, 49.3 ov), 8-314 (Kumar, 49.5 ov), 9-314 (Shami, 49.6).

DID NOT BAT: Y.S. Chahal.

BOWLING: Mashrafe Mortaza 5-0-36-0 (1w); Mohammad Saifuddin 7-0-59-0; Mustafizur Rahman 10-1-59-5 (1nb, 2w); Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-41-1 (1w); Mosaddek Hossain 4-0-32-0 (1w); Rubel Hossain 8-0-48-1; Soumya Sarkar 6-0-33-1 (1w).

BANGLADESH:

Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR

Tamim Iqbal b Shami 22 31 3 0 70.96

Soumya Sarkar c Kohli b Pandya 33 38 4 0 86.84

Shakib Al Hasan c Karthik b Pandya 66 74 6 0 89.18

Mushfiqur Rahim c Shami b Chahal 24 23 3 0 104.34

Liton Das c Karthik b Pandya 22 24 0 1 91.66

Mosaddek Hossain b Bumrah 3 7 0 0 42.85

Sabbir Rahman b Bumrah 36 36 5 0 100.00

Mohammad Saifuddin not out 51 38 9 0 134.21

Mashrafe Mortaza c Dhoni b Kumar 8 5 0 1 160.00

Rubel Hossain b Rubel 9 11 1 0 81.81

Mustafizur Rahman b Rubel 0 1 0 0 0.00

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-10) 12 - - - --

TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 286 - - - --

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39 (Tamim, 9.3 ov), 2-74 (Soumya, 15.1 ov), 3-121 (Mushfiqur, 22.6 ov), 4-162 (Liton, 29.4 ov), 5-173 (Mosaddek, 32.2 ov), 6-179 (Shakib, 33.5 ov), 7-245 (Sabbir, 43.1 ov), 257 (Mashrafe, 44.2 ov), 9-286 (Rubel, 47.5 ov), 10-286 (Mustafizur, 48.6 ov).

BOWLING: Kumar 9-0-51-1 (3w); Bumrah 10-1-55-4 (2w); Mohammed Shami 9-0-68-1 (1w); Chahal 10-0-50-1 (2w); Pandya 10-0-60-3 (2w).

RESULT: India won by 28 runs.

UMPIRES: M. Erasmus (South Africa) and R.S.A. Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka).

TV UMPIRE: Aleem Dar (Pakistan).

MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Rohit Sharma.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd , 2019