India beat Bangladesh by 28 runs, enter World Cup semi-finals
Birmingham, July 2 (IBNS): India beat Bangladesh by 28 runs and became the second team to enter the Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-finals after Australia.
Batting first, India had a cracker of a start with K.L. Rahul scoring a solid 77 off 92 balls and Rohit Sharma scoring his fourth century in this world cup. He made 104 off 92 balls.
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Though India couldn't sustain this momentum, Kohli's team still ended up with a formidable 314/9 at the end of 50 overs.
Mustafizur Rahman picked up five wickets conceding 59 runs.
Bangladesh gave a tough fight and the game looked like it could go either way till the last wicket fell in the 48th over.
India's highest wicket-taker of the match was Bumrah with figures of 4/55.
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