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'9 out of 9 Sheer dominance all the way' - Fans ecstatic as India remains unbeaten in league stage with 160-run win over Netherlands

India will now lock horns with New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday, November 15.

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India beat Netherlands by 160 runs (File Photo: Twitter)

India beat Netherlands by 160 runs (File Photo: Twitter)

India created another history as they ended up their league stage of the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 with an unbeaten streak, securing 9 successive wins in all 9 league matches in the tournament. India defeated the Netherlands by a big margin of 160 runs in the 45th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first; the opening pair of skipper Sharma and his young mate, Shubman Gill stitched an amazing partnership of 100 runs for the first wicket in 11.5 overs. The top three of India, including Rohit, Gill, and Virat Kohli played the crucial knocks of 61 runs, 51 runs, and 51 runs, respectively.

But then came a record-extending partnership of 208 runs off just 128 balls for the fourth wicket between star middle-order batters Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul; both of them scored amazing centuries, scoring 128 and 102 runs off just 94 and 64 balls respectively. Meanwhile, KL Rahul also smashed the fastest century for India in the history of the ODI World Cup, he scored the century off just 62 balls.

On the back of these sensational knocks, the men in blue posted a big total of 410 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Bas de Leede scalped two wickets for the Netherlands, alongside one wicket each claimed by Paul van Meekeren and Roelof van der Merwe.

India's bowling experiments worked for them in defending the target

While defending the target, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma came up with a strange experiment trying 9 bowlers, including himself. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj scalped 2 wickets each, alongside 2 wickets each bagged by Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.

Apart from this, one of the major highlights of the match was that the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and former skipper Virat Kohli also claimed one wicket each to add a cherry on the cake in India’s convincing win.

Eventually, India won the match by 160 runs and secured their 9th successive win in the tournament and Shreyas Iyer won the ‘Player of the Match award for his brilliant century.

Here’s how fans reacted to India’s 9th consecutive win in the ODI World Cup 2023:

 

 

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