Record-breaking centuries from Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer helped India post a Himalayan target of 397/4 against New Zealand in the semifinals of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
Daryl Mitchell's vigilant knock of 134 runs went in vain in front of Shami's lethal spell as the India pacer led India's efforts with the ball to help the hosts seal a place in Sunday's final.
With his second successive century in the tournament during the semifinals against New Zealand, Shreyas broke plenty of records and continued his purple patch in ODI cricket.
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar lavished praise on India batter Virat Kohli for smashing a record 50th ODI ton and said that he couldn't be happier that an Indian player broke his record for most hundreds in cricket.
Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's landmark record for most ODI centuries during India's semifinal encounter against New Zealand at the World Cup in Mumbai.
Ahead of India's ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal match against New Zealand, Mohammad Bashir, a Pakistan team superfan also known as Bashir Chacha, said that he is supporting India to win the trophy, adding that his wife is from Hyderabad.
Virat Kohli never misses a chance to entertain cricket lovers. Interestingly, on Sunday, during Team India's match against South Africa, he also won the hearts of Bollywood lovers with his impromptu dance to superstar Shah Rukh Khan's song 'Chaleya'.
Carrying the team on his shoulders as he has, so often, done for the better part of his career, Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 101 runs against South Africa in a battle of numbers one and two on the World Cup points table.