IND vs PAK, ICC World Cup 2019: Rohit's heroic ton powers India to 336/5 against Pakistan

While Rohit hammered 140, his second century of the tournament and 24th ODI hundred overall, Kohli became the quickest to 11,000 ODI runs, eclipsing a 17-year record held by iconic Sachin Tendulkar.

Opener Rohit Sharma century, skipper Virat Kohli’s 65-ball 77 powered India to a challenging 336 for five against Pakistan in their World Cup match on Sunday. While Rohit hammered 140, his second century of the tournament and 24th ODI hundred overall, Kohli became the quickest to 11,000 ODI runs, eclipsing a 17-year record held by iconic Sachin Tendulkar. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli's departure raised concerns. The skipper, after missing a deadly bouncer from speedster Amir decided to walk out, even before the umpire raised his finger. On top of that, even the UltraEdge spikes showed no deviation at all. Taking advantage of the overcast conditions, the Indian vice-captain and KL Rahul Rahul (57) stitched an opening partnership of 137 runs. With Rohit in attack mode from early on, Rahul switched gears when it required and played a perfect second fiddle to his vice-captain. For Pakistan, speedster Mohammad Amir 3/47) pitched the ball up and maintained discipline despite a couple of official 'warnings' for running onto the pitch while Wahab Riaz (1/71) and Hasan Ali (1/84) bowled short consistently. Unlike the Champions Trophy final, the Indians were positive from the start. Rahul pulled Amir for a boundary and then Rohit creamed off runs from Hasan Ali. Rohit also treated the fans with some deft late cuts, back cuts and upper cuts and the occasional slog over deep mid-wicket. When Riaz came to bowl, he erred both in line and length as his strategy to pepper the Indian batsmen with short pitch stuff backfired. He lost rhythm after getting a warning for stepping onto the dangerous area' and had to come round the wicket. The only time he looked good was when he bowled full slower delivery to Rahul, who lobbed it to the cover fielder. Hardik Pandya scored 26 off 19 balls during his hit and miss effort while Mahendra Singh Dhoni edged one off Amir behind the stumps after which rain stopped proceedings.