India sailed into the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-finals and knocked out Bangladesh after Rohit Sharma’s century and Jasprit Bumrah’s four-wicket haul secured a 28-run victory over their neighbours.
Rohit (104) smashed his fourth century of the tournament and feature🦹d in a massive 180-run opening partnersꦯhip with KL Rahul to help India post a formidable total of 314-9 on the board.
Shakib Al Hasan struck a defiant 66 but the lack of partnership꧙s hurt Bangladesh, who were bowled out for 286 in 48 overs with Bumrah (4-55) sealing the victory by claiming two wickets off his last two deliveries.
India are now second with 13 points, one behind the table-toppers Australia, and will compete against Sri Lanka in their final le꧙ague fixture on Saturday.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Bumrah is a gun!
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris)
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Quite the thriller, this one. A captivating game laced with a couple of high-quality knocks by our top order batsmen. Bowlers did their job well – picked wickets consistently and kept the pressure on.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations to for making it to the semi-finals. It turned out to be a thriller of a game.
Loviܫng the way Rohit is batting in this tournament & shouldering the responsibility consistently.— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
Congratulations India on a well deserved win and cementing a place in the semi-finals. Bumrah was superb in the end but have to admire for the magnificent sp♏irit and fight they showed in the end.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
If Reliable had a face.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Exceptional performance
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)
Great fight . Well played . Great spell creating the🌞 difference at t♑he end .
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
🔯Boom Boom Bꦏumrah! Find me a better bowler at the death
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Boom boom u beauty Yorker 👑 👏👏👏👏🇮🇳🤙🤙
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Bumrah's Y so serious! 🦁
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Good𒐪 fight by bangladesh but deservingly team India is in Semi final . Mubarakaaaa🇮🇳💪💪
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Jasprit Bumrah is such a superstar. Terrific in the end. But have to complement Bangladesh on the fantastic fight and getting so close, especially after Shakib got out.
Congratulations Team India— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratulations Team India for getting into semis… what a champion top stuff.. great show with the ball. Keep the momentum guys 🇮🇳
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Semis. Here we come. Brilliant performance by the batsmen led by paaji and then by bowlers by the magnificent . 3 (possibly) ওmore games to go 😬🤘
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)