Little maestro

ODI World Cup: Virat Kohli set the record for the most centuries in One-Day cricket and Shreyas Iyer hammered his second successive century as India put up a batting masterclass to reach 397/4 in 50 overs against New Zealand in the first semifinal of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 on Wednesday.

Kohli, who had joined Sachin Tendulkar on 49 centuries in the match against South Africa around 10 days back, scored his 50th hundred with the Little Maestro watching and applauding from the stands. Kohli thus took his total for this World Cup to 711 runs in 10 innings at an average of 101.57.

With the slow and dry pitch looking conducive to batting, the Indian batters made most of their chances after Rohit Sharma had elected to bat first.