Kohli surpassed South Africa's Quinton de Kock (591) as the leading batsman of the 2023 tournament with 594 runs
Virat Kohli (Pic: AFP)
- Kohli surpassed South Africa`s Quinton de Kock as leading batsman of the CWC 2023
- India, who have eight wins out of eight matches, will face New Zealand in the first semis
- India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first
Indian batting mainstay Virat Kohli reached his 71st ODI fifty in Sunday's ICC World Cup 2023 clash against the Netherlands but was unable to push on for an all-time record 50th century in the format.
Kohli surpassed South Africa's Quinton de Kock (591) as the leading batsman of the 2023 tournament with 594 runs before left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe bowled the star batsman for 51.
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The Bengaluru crowd went silent after anticipating Kohli's 50th ODI ton after he equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 in the team's previous win over South Africa. India, who have eight wins out of eight matches at the World Cup, will face New Zealand in the first semi-final at Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Earlier, India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first, coming in unchanged for the tournament's last league match in Bengaluru.
"Good opportunity for us to tick all the boxes. Extremely happy with how we have played this tournament, it makes the job easier as a skipper," said Rohit. Netherlands made an early impact after they stunned South Africa but remain bottom of the table with just two victories.
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Captain Scott Edwards said his team is unchanged from their previous loss to England, but was looking forward to what he feels "is the biggest crowd we've had in the tournament". Five-time winners Australia and South Africa will play the second semi-final in Kolkata on Thursday.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wkt), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Netherlands: Max O'Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (capt/wkt), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
(With agency inputs)
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