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Another day, another century for India's Rohit Sharma, his fifth at this Cricket World Cup.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma's Cricket World Cup run gorge continued as they warmed up for the semifinals with a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Headingley, Leeds.
Sharma hit his third successive century and became the first batsman to hit five tons at a World Cup as India chased down 265 with 39 balls to spare on Sunday (NZT).
Already through to the semifinals, India needed to beat Sri Lanka and hope Australia lose to South Africa in their ongoing match, to finish top of the group stage and book a semi against fourth-placed New Zealand at Old Trafford on Tuesday night (NZT). They did their part, at least.
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Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga couldn't lift his team to a miracle victory over India in his farewell match.
Sri Lanka recovered from 55-4 to post 264-7, considered a challenging total on a dry, used Headingley pitch.
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But India made light of the chase, reaching 265-3 after openers Sharma and KL Rahul hit centuries and combined for a tournament-best 189 stand.
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Openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma put on 189 against Sri Lanka at Headingley.
Sharma was out for 103 in the 31st over. His sixth century in World Cups overall also tied the record held by Sachin Tendulkar.
Rahul was out for 111 in the 41st over, gloving a catch behind to give Lasith Malinga his 56th wicket in World Cups, good for outright third on the all-time list.
For Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews led with 113, his third career ODI century, all of them against India.
SCOREBOARD
SRI LANKA
D Karunaratne c Dhoni b Bumrah 10
K Perera c Dhoni b Bumrah 18
A Fernando c Dhoni b Pandya 20
K Mendis st Dhoni b Jadeja 3
A Mathews c Sharma b Bumrah 113
L Thirimanne c Jadeja v Kuldeep 53
D de Silva not out 29
T Perera c Pandya b Kumar 2
I Udana not out 1
Extras (4b, 2lb, 1nb, 8w) 15
Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 264
Fall: 1-17, 2-40, 3-53, 4-55, 5-179, 6-253, 7-260
Bowling: B Kumar 10-0-73-1, J Bumrah 10-2-37-3, H Pandya 10-0-50-1, R Jadeja 10-0-40-1, K Yadav 10-0-58-1.
INDIA
K Rahul c K Perera b Malinga 111
R Sharma c Mathews b Rajitha 103
V Kohli not out 34
R Pant lbw b Udana 4
H Pandya not out 7
Extras (1lb, 5w) 6
Total (for 3 wickets, 43.3 overs) 265
Fall: 1-189, 2-244, 3-253
Bowling: L Malinga 10-1-82-1, K Rajitha 8-0-47-1, I Udana 9.3-0-50-1, T Perera 10-0-34-0, D de Silva 6-0-51-0.
Result: India won by 7 wickets
AP
