IND vs NED: KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer made world record, Indian team created history
KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer: On the occasion of Diwali, Indian batsmen created fireworks with their bat against Netherlands at the Chinnaswamy ground in Bengaluru. KL Rahul scored the fastest century for India in the ODI World Cup, while Shreyas Iyer also destroyed the bowling attack of Netherlands.
Rohit and Shubman gave a strong start to the team, while Kohli also scored a half-century. Team India has created history in the ODI World Cup on the basis of top class show by the Indian batsmen.
IND vs NED: Rahul-Iyer made world record :-
Netherlands’ bowling attack became a joke in front of the pair of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. Rahul faced 40 balls to complete his first fifty, but completed his next fifty in just 22 balls. Rahul scored a century on 62 balls, while Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs on 94 balls. Both added 208 runs for the fourth wicket. This is also the biggest partnership ever made for the fourth wicket in a 50 over World Cup.
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This feat happened for the first time :-
The performance of the Indian top order against Netherlands was unmatched. Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli scored half-centuries, while KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer scored centuries. Five batsmen from India crossed the fifty mark in this match. This is the first time in the history of ODI World Cup, when 5 batsmen of a team have scored fifty plus.
IND vs NED: Rohit made world record of sixes :-
In ODI cricket, Rohit Sharma has become the batsman to hit most sixes in a calendar year. Hitman has hit a total of 60 sixes so far in the year 2023. Rohit achieved this special feat by hitting two sixes against Netherlands. In this matter, he has left behind AB de Villiers, who had scored 58 sixes in the year 2015. At the same time, in 2019, Chris Gayle had hit 56 sixes.
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