DHAKA: Defending champion India’s highest successful run-chase in a World Cup match beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in their last match of group stage of ICC World Cup 2015 at Eden Park, Auckland Saturday.
They chased down a moderate target of 288-run losing four wickets in 48.4-over. Suresh Raina, who scored an unbeaten 110-run, was the star in their 10th consecutive win in World Cup match.
MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli scored 85 and 48-run respectively. T Panyangara grabbed two wickets for Zimbabwe while Sikandar Raza took one.
Earlier, India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first in the match that kicked off at Seddon Park at 7am Bangladesh time.
An emotional ton by Brendan Taylor in his last ODI match coupled with Sean Williams’ 50-run helped Zimbabwe score 287 runs losing all wickets in 48.5-over.
Sikandar Raza, Craig Ervine, and Tinashe Panyangara reached the double digits, scoring 28, 27 and 10 runs respectively.
Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma took three wickets each while Ravichandran Ashwin bagged one.
India exit the group stages with six wins in as many matches to their name as they now look forward to facing rejuvenated Bangladesh in the quarter-final match at MCG on March 19.
BDST: 1625 HRS, MAR 14, 2015
