Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were in the spotlight but not in their expected manner with the bat. The duo were part of the bowling attack against the Netherlands in their final league-stage fixture where the pair took a wicket each.
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Virat Kohli had bowled in the mid-innings stage where he took the wicket of the Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards. The batter had managed to get the edge towards the keeper on the leg side to get the wicket.
Rohit Sharma on the other hand managed to take the wicket in the latter stages of the innings to close out the game with the final wicket by dismissing Teja Nidanmanuru to get the ninth consecutive victory here for the Men in Blue.
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Another notable feat in this fixture is that this is the first time both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have picked a wicket in the same match.
Team India managed to secure their win over the Netherlands thanks to centuries from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul who scored tons to help set a massive total of 410 on the board.
They however has managed to defeat all the other sides participating in the World Cup finishing the league stages with nine wins in nine games.
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Team India managed to finish the game with a win against the Netherlands by 160 runs. The Men in Blue now all set to go up against New Zealand in their semi-final fixture which is going to take place at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It will be a repeat of the 2019 WC semi-finals which India had lost out on.
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