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Virat Kohli’s unbeaten century sealed India’s fourth victory in four World Cup matches as the hosts beat Bangladesh by seven wickets, with the star batsman closing in on Sachin Tendulkar’s record for hundreds ‘ODI.

Kohli reached his century and ended the match in style with a six off spinner Nasum Ahmed as he needed three runs to complete his century and India two more runs to reach a target of 257.

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They got there with more than eight overs to play, finishing with 261-3. Kohli’s 48th one-day international century left him just shy of equaling Indian great Tendulkar’s all-time record of 49 hundreds at this level.

Kohli faced 97 balls, including six fours and four sixes, with this century his third score above fifty in four innings after contributions of 85 and 55 not out in recent pool wins over Australia and Afghanistan.

However, some believe that Kohli received an almighty helping hand from umpire Richard Kettleborough to reach the triple.

Ahmed’s first ball fell to the leg side, which would normally have been called for a wide and would have made scoring even more difficult for Kohli.

Yet Kettleborough remained unmoved and even flashed a slight smirk as many took to social media to express their bewilderment.

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But for Bangladesh, a third defeat in four matches left them with an uphill battle to qualify for the semi-finals.

Chants of “Kohli!, Kohli!” » » went around a crowd of over 33,000 as the former captain brilliantly reached his third World Cup century against Bangladesh.

“I wanted to make a big contribution,” player of the match Kohli said at the presentation ceremony.

“I had a few fifties in the World Cup and I didn’t convert them, so I just wanted to finish the game this time,” added Kohli, who played alongside Tendulkar in India’s World Cup-winning team. the 2011 World Cup.

The stage was set for Kohli by an opening partnership of 88 between Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (48) and Shubman Gill (53).

Rohit signaled India’s intentions with a second-ball cover four against Shoriful Islam as Bangladesh bowling coach Allan Donald, the former South Africa spearhead, looked on.

Rohit, fresh from scores of 131 and 86 against Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively, hooked Hasan Mahmud for a huge six only to break through while trying to repeat the shot with the next ball.

Kohli, however, was soon in his stride with a four – off a free hit – and a sublime consecutive six off successive deliveries from Mahmud.

Earlier, spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja triggered a top-order collapse. The Tigers, who had won three of their previous four ODIs against India, were held to a draw at 256-8, having been well placed at 93 for no loss, after their substitution. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, leading the team in place of injured all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, won the toss.

Jadeja took a miserable 2-38 from his 10 overs and Yadav 1-47.

“He was brilliant with the ball and took a great catch,” Rohit said of Jadeja.

“But a hundred is (Kohli’s) hundred – you can’t beat that.”

Tanzid Hasan, whose 51 was the left-hander’s first ODI fifty, and Liton Das (66) shared a fine opening stand only for Bangladesh to collapse to 137-4.

Tanzid, 22, was in weight against left-arm wrist bowler Yadav before Liton casually pushed Jadeja away.

“We didn’t play our best game,” said Najmul, who added that he hoped Shakib would be fit to face South Africa in Mumbai on Tuesday.

“If Tanzid and Litton had batted longer, the game could have been different.”

India were down a bowler after Hardik Pandya managed just three balls in the ninth over before limping off with an ankle injury.

Kohli, bowling in an ODI for the first time in six years, completed Pandya’s run.

“There is no major damage, that’s good for us,” Rohit said about all-rounder Pandya.

“But obviously with an injury like that we have to evaluate every day.”