India beat Bangladesh by 109 runs, reach World Cup semis
Melbourne, March 19, 2015: India beat Bangladesh by 109 runs to enter the cricket World Cup semi-finals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Thursday. Powered by Rohit Sharma's 137, India put up a challenging total of 302/6, which Bangladesh failed to chase down, and folded up for 193 runs in 45 overs. Defending champions India will now play the semi-final against the winners of the Australia vs Pakistan quarter-final. The following is the scoreboard of the cricket World Cup quarter-final between India and Bangladesh: India Rohit Sharma b Taskin Ahmed 137 Shikhar Dhawan st Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan 30 Virat Kohli c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 3 Ajinkya Rahane c Shakib Al Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 19 Suresh Raina c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 65 M.S. Dhoni c Nasir Hossain b Taskin Ahmed 6 Ravindra Jadeja not out 23 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 3 Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 2) 16 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 302 Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Dhawan, 16.3 overs), 2-79 (Kohli, 17.5), 3-115 (Rahane, 27.6), 4-237 (Raina, 43.5), 5-273 (Rohit Sharma, 46.6), 6-296 (Dhoni, 48.6). Bowling Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-69-1 Taskin Ahmed 10-0-69-3 Nasir Hossain 9-0-35-0 Mahmudullah 1-0-4-0 Rubel Hossain 10-0-56-1 Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-58-1 Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal c Dhoni b Yadav 25 Imrul Kayes run out (Jadeja/Yadav) 5 Soumya Sarkar c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 29 Mahmudullah c Dhawan b Mohammed Shami 21 Shakib Al Hasan c Mohammed Shami b Jadeja 10 Mushfiqur Rahim c Dhoni b Yadav 27 Sabbir Rahman c Mohammed Shami b Yadav 30 Nasir Hossain c Ashwin b Jadeja 35 Mashrafe Mortaza c Dhoni b Mohit Sharma 1 Rubel Hossain c Ashwin b Yadav 0 Taskin Ahmed not out 0 Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 8) 10 Total (all out; 45 overs) 193 Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Tamim Iqbal, 6.3), 2-33 (Imrul Kayes, 6.4), 3-73 (Mahmudullah, 16.6), 4-90 (Soumya Sarkar, 20.4), 5-104 (Shakib Al Hasan, 28.2), 6-139 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 35.1), 7-189 (Nasir Hossain, 42.6), 8-192 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 43.6), 9-193 (Rubel Hossain, 44.4), 10-193 (Sabbir Rahman, 44.6). Bowling Umesh Yadav 9-1-31-4 Mohammed Shami 8-1-37-2 Mohit Sharma 7-0-36-1 Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-30-0 Suresh Raina 3-1-15-0 Ravidra Jadeja 8-0-42-2 Match details: Toss: India chose to bat Man-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Ian Gould (England) TV umpire: Steve Davis (Australia) Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: Paul Reiffel (Australia)
