Birmingham: India marched into the world cup semi-finals on Tuesday beating Bangladesh by 28 runs at Birmingham.
The defeat effectively ended Bangladesh's hopes of reaching the last four stage at cricket's showpiece event. Shakib Al Hasan with a gritty 66, put up a spirited show. With his dismissal, Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Saifuddin stitched together a valuable 66 run partnership at a brisk rate.
With Rahman's dismissal, Saifuddin continued to power on but ran out of partners.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rohit Sharma continued his dream run with a record-equalling fourth century but the Indian innings once again lacked the final flourish, managing a par score of 314 for nine against Bangladesh in their penultimate World Cup league match here Tuesday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (35 off 33 balls) once again failed to get going as India managed only 63 runs in the last 10 overs after Rohit's 26th ODI century and Rishabh Pant's (48 off 40 balls) flamboyance had taken India to 251 for 4.
Rohit's (104 off 92 balls) love affair with Bangladesh continued as he had also scored his first World Cup ton in the previous edition in Australia and another century in the 2017 Champions Trophy semi-final at this very Edgbaston ground.
En route his ton, that had seven fours and five sixes, Rohit also equalled Kumar Sangakkara's record of four tons in a single edition of the World Cup.