Cardiff, May 28
KL Rahul made a strong case for the No. 4 slot and Mahendra Singh Dhoni also played some breathtaking strokes, their twin hundreds propelling India to 359 for seven against Bangladesh in a World Cup warm-up game on Tuesday. After another insipid show from the openers, Rahul (108 off 99 balls) and Dhoni (113 off 78 balls) counter-attacked a potent Bangladesh bowling line-up, which had reduced India to 102 for four in 22 overs in their final tune-up. Rahul and Dhoni added 164 runs with their contrasting approaches, which yielded favourable results for the title contenders. Dhoni used the platform created by Rahul to launch a brutal assault in the final overs to take the score past 350.
While Shikhar Dhawan (5) was back in the hut after being adjudged plumb in-front by Mustafizur Rahaman, Rohit Sharma (19 off 42 balls) struggled for the better part of his stay, even as skipper Virat Kohli (47 off 46 balls) looked solid at the other end.
