Cricket: Reece Topley has produced a ball of the tournament contender to rip through the defence of Bangladesh star Shakib al Hasan
Ball of the WC contender beats Shakib | 00:31India superstar Virat Kohli and Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq put an ugly IPL episode behind them with a warm embrace while Rohit Sharma made history in an eight-wicket win against Afghanistan at the World Cup.
Kohli and Naveen were involved in a heated on-field exchange during a tense Indian Premier League match between Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants early this year. Captain Rohit, meanwhile, surpassed compatriot Sachin Tendulkar with a record seventh World Cup century in India’s win.
“Special to get a World Cup 100. Very happy about that. Don’t want to think about records too much because I know there’s a long way to go,” Rohit said after being named man of the match. Rohit hit the ball to all parts of the ground as he reached 1,000 World Cup runs and then went past Chris Gayle’s record of 553 sixes across all international formats.
Afghanistan slipped to 63-3 before skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai put on 121 runs to help Afghanistan recover.Rahmanullah Gurbaz, on 21, and Rahmat Shah, on 16, fell in the space of four balls with Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur taking the wickets.
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