It came down to a race between Kohli getting to his ton and IND finishing the chase and both ended up happening.
Rohit Sharma got off to a flier of a start once again after Bangladesh were restricted to a score of 256/8. The Indian captain was looking imperious, but he ended up falling in the 13th over on 48 off 40.
Virat took two runs off the first, hit a four off the second that was a free hit and a six off the next free hit delivery, thus smashing 12 runs off his first three balls. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, almost effortlessly scored a half century, eventually falling on 53
Kohli eventually cruised past his 69th ODI half-century. India floated along, to the point that Kohli and Rahul in the end decided to ensure that the former takes most of the strike and gets to a century.
Earlier, India choked out the Bangladesh lineup in the middle overs after the latter got off to a strong start with a 93-run opening stand. Bangladesh was eventually reduced to their last four wickets for just over 200 runs.
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Their last-recognized pairing of Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim was ended by a special piece of fielding by Ravindra Jadeja, whose outrageous catch at point gave Jasprit Bumrah his first wicket.
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