Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit attacking centuries to energy India to a mammoth 410-4 towards the Netherlands because the hosts look to remain undefeated within the closing league match on Sunday.

India, who’re aiming for a 9-0 league end, elected to bat first in Bengaluru with their minds already on a semi-final towards New Zealand on Wednesday.

Iyer smashed an unbeaten 128 off 94 balls for his first World Cup ton in a match the place all of the top-five Indian batsmen went previous the fifty mark on a batting-friendly pitch.

He raised his hundred — his fourth in ODI cricket — off 84 balls and placed on 208 runs with Rahul, who hit 102, to flay the opposition assault.

Bengaluru-born Rahul reached his ton with two sixes for the quickest Indian hundred in World Cups in 62 balls to lift the noise at his house floor.

He departed 4 balls later as India fell in need of their highest ever World Cup complete of 413-5 v Bermuda in 2007.

Virat Kohli reached his half century however fell for 51 runs, silencing the gang who had been anticipating the star batsman’s fiftieth ODI ton after he equalled Sachin Tendulkar’s report of 49 within the group’s earlier win over South Africa.

Skipper Rohit Sharma, who hit 61, and Shubman Gill laid the foundations for the full in a gap stand of 100 with the pair hitting common boundaries.

Gill fell for 51 off Paul van Meekeren and fellow fast Bas de Leede obtained Rohit out after the captain reached his fourth 50-plus rating together with a ton within the event.

The in-form Kohli had an edgy begin to his innings earlier than he obtained into the groove and reached the 71st ODI fifty of his profession solely to be bowled 4 balls later by Roelof van der Merwe’s left-arm spin.

Iyer saved up his blazing type to register his fourth successive rating of fifty and above within the event and obtained help from the opposite finish with Rahul taking part in anchor after which becoming a member of the cost.

The two hit 21 fours and 9 sixes between them.

India have been the primary group to guide a semi-final spot and have received all eight of their matches up to now.

Brief scores: 410-4 in 50 overs (S. Iyer 128 not out, KL Rahul 102, R. Sharma 61, S. Gill 51, V. Kohli 51; R. van der Merwe 1-53, B. de Leede 2-82)

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