ICC World Cup 2019: Twitter Erupts As India Post 314 Runs Against Bangladesh

India bounced back in style after their defeat against England to post a massive target of 314 runs against Bangladesh on July 2 (Tuesday) at Edgbaston in Birmingham. It will be a tough ask for the Mashrafe Mortaza-led side who needs to win this game to keep in contention for a semifinal spot.

Meanwhile, India made a couple of changes going into this game after their defeat against host England. Last match centurion Rohit Sharma once again got India off to an extremely good start alongside KL Rahul.  They added 180 runs for the first wicket which is also the highest first wicket partnership for India in the World Cups. Rohit took on the Bangladesh bowlers to bring his fourth World Cup century and in the process broke a handful of records. Rahul also didn’t lag too much and brought his fifty which will give some confidence going into the next game.

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Rohit Sharma departed soon after scoring 104 runs while playing a mistimed shot as Bangladesh capitalised on the opportunity getting the better of KL Rahul to have India at 195 for two. Skipper Virat Kohli was looking good alongside young Rishabh Pant as the both rotated the strike while the boundaries kept coming. But Mustafizur Rahman brought Bangladesh back into the game with two strikes in the same over dismissing Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya.

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Bangladesh bowlers bowled some good spells to bring down the scoring rate. Shakib Al Hasan bowled some brilliant overs to cut down the free flow of runs as MS Dhoni once again struggled to get going. Mustafizur capitalised on it to dismiss Dinesh Karthik to have India at 298 for six in 47.2 overs. His struggled continued as India could manage to post only 314 runs at the end of 50 overs with Mustafizur finishing with a five-wicket haul.

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Twitter Reactions

Afraid India haven't got the finish they wanted, they needed. Good score. But toe in the door for Bangladesh

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 2, 2019

And @ImRo45 walks closer to the Icc mos trophy ? ???? #hitman you beauty ? no 4 ☝?☝?☝?☝? well played champion !!!

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 2, 2019

Our boy @RishabPant777 killed it at the field today. What a confident innings, excellent form! #INDvBAN #CWC2019

— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) July 2, 2019

Top spell from a champion cricketer. Shakib has shown it is possible for spin to do well on this ground.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 2, 2019

26th over and I thought 400 will be breached.. Now am thinking India will do well to get to 325.. Great work from Bangladesh #ICCCWC2019

— Kartik Murali (@kartikmurali) July 2, 2019

The HITMAN ?

— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) July 2, 2019

How suddenly this match has transformed. In form Kohli and Pandya gone within a few deliveries. Bangladesh will now believe game not out of their grasp. All eyes on Dhoni!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 2, 2019

Bangladesh fielding has just been so poor. No pressure on the batsmen at all. Pant's last boundary at square leg is a big example. Any other team and that four would have been stopped. #BanvInd #IndvBan #CWC19

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) July 2, 2019

Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V

A similar one from MSD!

?? – 311/6 (49)#CWC19 #BANvIND #OrangeArmy #RiseWithUs https://t.co/zmhCq0FGio

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) July 2, 2019

I think finally we have found our no 4 batsman for the future ! Let’s groom him properly yeah ! @RishabPant777

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 2, 2019

So Dhoni’s succesor has been dismissed, and he is joined by his predecessor!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 2, 2019

India turning up! They just had a practice session against England on Sunday. Another century for Sharma in this WC, just a few (slightly) more than the Proteas.

— Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen) July 2, 2019

Congratulations @ImRo45 26th ton and many more to come, what a start you've provided! 350+ very much likely from here on.#INDvBAN

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) July 2, 2019

5th century in 15 World Cup innings for Rohit Sharma. Amazing hunger and consistency. #IndvBan

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 2, 2019

Superb consistency from @ImRo45 , his 4th Century in this World Cup and he has laid the foundation for India to pose a huge total. #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/aIEMjMx171

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 2, 2019

4th century in #CWC19 for Rohit Sharma. Well played,,,,,,,,,,again. ??

— ian bishop (@irbishi) July 2, 2019

#INDVBAN
Enjoying watching Kohli's drives.
On-drive, cover-drive, square-drive during the game.
And auto-drive, taxi-drive during the ad breaks.

— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 2, 2019

Unbelievable lapse by Tamim. Nit a difficult catch either. You give Rohit Sharma a life so early at great risk for he can take heavy toll. One could see Mustafizur’s heart sink

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 2, 2019

Rohit, Shakib and now Kohli – all three made 5 consecutive 50+ scores and then lost the streak in this World Cup.

Gayle ended his 6 consecutive 50+ scores streak as well.

Law of averages! #IndvBan #CWC19

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) July 2, 2019

I don’t know about the Man of the Match, but we have an undisputed winner of the Fan of the Match ?? #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/DSqQZkn3bS

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) July 2, 2019

Kohli and Pandya going in quick succession means mentor and mentee bat together. Or is it teacher and pupil. Or king and prince. #INDvBAN #CWC19

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) July 2, 2019

Rohit Sharma becomes the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to smash 500 runs in a World Cup season…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 2, 2019

4th 100 for @ImRo45 in the World Cup ?? that’s class.. keep up the good work @BCCI

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 2, 2019

Just #differentgravy @ImRo45 he is a joy to watch ???? #CWC19

— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) July 2, 2019

Many good batsmen don’t have 4 career hundreds and here we see #Rohitsharma hitting as many in this World Cup. #matchwinner ???

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 2, 2019

The records keep tumbling for this man @ImRo45
This is what you call a beautiful knock, clean hitting. Congratulations bro ! Keep going! #INDVBAN #CWC2019 pic.twitter.com/vOlC8nBoeO

— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) July 2, 2019