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Test Match Special

World Cup Daily: Rohit Sharma sparkles as India ease past Afghanistan

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Cricket, Sports News, Sports

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Captain Rohit Sharma strikes India’s fastest World Cup century, making 131 off just 84 balls. India look in imperious form as they chase down 273 with 15 overs to spare. Simon Mann is joined by Carlos Brathwaite, Prakash Wakankar and Devender Kumar in Delhi, as we hear from record breaking Rohit and Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi. Plus Dirk Nannes on tomorrow’s heavyweight clash between Australia and South Africa.

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0:00.0

Hello, Gary Lednika here with Alan Shira and Michael Richards to say the match of the day top 10 podcast is back

0:07.4

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0:22.0

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0:27.4

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0:31.4

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0:39.4

LBW he pulled across the line holding and India have caused one of the greatest

0:45.4

upsets in the history of all sport. They have won the third

0:49.4

Credential World Cup. Here comes Van Bunga, up to Volta Herschek. It's short. He goes for it. It's over the boundary. It's 6-6 is in the over

0:59.4

Hello, I'm Simon Mann. Welcome to the World Cup daily podcast where Skipper Rohit Sharma hit a stunning

1:06.4

Century as India ease past Afghanistan and there it is

1:10.4

A 63 ball 100 for Rohit Sharma to the fastest 100 in World Cup history for India

1:18.4

Eclipsing Verendra Sevarts 81 ball 100 against Bermuda in 2007

1:25.4

And also the first player to score 700 in the ICC men's World Cup

1:32.4

I won the achievement by Rohit and wrote his name into the history books

1:36.4

He was eventually out from 131 from 84 balls as India chased down 273 with 15

1:43.4

Overs to spare. We'll get the thoughts of Carlos Brathwaite and Prakash Wakanka,

1:48.4

the vendor Kumar discusses Afghanistan's tricky start plus reaction from the Captain's Rohit Sharma

1:54.4

and Ashbrutala Shahidi. Dirk Nallis also looked ahead to Australia's game against

1:59.4

South Africa tomorrow. You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio

2:04.4

Five Live. So India have made it two wins from two at the start of this World Cup

2:10.4

No surprise here in Delhi today that they took down Afghanistan

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