India crushed Bangladesh and won every World Cup match.

India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Wednesday to maintain their perfect record in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

India managed to reach the mark with seven wickets and 41 overs left after reducing Bangladesh to 256/8.

Before Virat Kohli put the finishing touches on things with an undefeated century, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma gave things a strong start with fifty-five each.

Given that it was against Bangladesh in his first World Cup match, Kohli’s 48th ODI century was especially important.

Rohit Sharma, who has been playing brilliantly for the past two games, carried on his winning streak with a fast-bowled 48 off 37 balls.

With two fours and a six in the opening over, he got off to a quick start. In his following over, he faced Shariful Islam once more, hitting him for four and a six over deep midwicket.

With two sixes off Nasum Ahmed, Shubman Gill, who had been cautious at first, also joined the celebration. India got off to a fast start in the chase thanks to a 79-run partnership between the two openers in only 10 overs.

Even after being smacked for a four and a six, Hasan Mahmud kept to his strategy and bowled short to Rohit Sharma. The strategy eventually paid off when Rohit attempted to hold down a short ball but miscued it to the fielder at deep square leg for 48.

But in the same over, Bangladesh was unable to exert any pressure on Virat Kohli, the new man, who was awarded two free hits.

Bangladesh was in dire need of wickets to climb back into the game as India was dominating. Soon after Shubman Gill turned fifty, they were able to remove him from the game, but Kohli and Shreyas Iyer made sure there were no more mishaps.

India maintained control of the chase even after Shreyas Iyer was out because KL Rahul and Virat Kohli combined to win the match.

In the last few overs, the focus turned on Kohli getting to 100 runs. At one point, with India needing just 28 runs to win with Rahul at 33 and Kohli at 73, Kohli saw an opportunity to reach 100 runs.

After he hit Hasan Mahmud for a six, Rahul responded appropriately by switching up the strike at the other end.

After hitting a six to complete his century, India needed just eight overs to win.

Rahul was still unbeaten at 34.

Bangladesh had a good start thanks to their openers, but they missed a great chance to score a large total.

With only 10 runs allowed in the first five overs, India’s new-ball bowlers got off to a strong start against Bangladesh. However, in the following five overs, the momentum shifted thanks to a barrage of boundaries from Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das.

Bangladesh ended the powerplay with 63 runs after scoring 53 runs in the next five overs.

Hardik Pandya was forced to leave the field early due to an ankle injury, but India battled and limited Bangladesh to 256/8.

Bangladesh had a strong start thanks to the openers, but Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja broke the stand and caused a collapse. Tanzid Hasan was caught leg before wicket by Kuldeep, while Jadeja removed the form of Najmul Shanto, who was leading in Shakib Al Hasan’s absence.

Bangladesh never came back, going from 93/0 to 137/4.

The middle part of Bangladesh’s innings saw India well in charge as their scoring dropped. Now, it was up to the experienced team of Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim to lead Bangladesh to a good score.

With just over seven overs left, Rahim tried to keep the scoreboard moving, but India struck again before he could start an attack in the dying overs.

Thankfully for Bangladesh, Mahmudullah was able to get boundaries off India’s speed trio in the last five overs, helping his team pass 250.