PUNE: An excellent all-round performance against Bangladesh helped the Indian team clinch its fourth win in the World Cup. Star batter Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten century and helped India defeat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the match held on Thursday in Pune.

Kohli, playing a well-controlled inning, raised 44 runs for the second wicket with Shubman Gill (53), who also scored a half-century and an unbeaten 83-run partnership with KL Rahul, who scored a run-a-ball 34, as India reached 261/3 in 41.3 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 256/8 in 50 overs. This is India's fourth win in four matches in the World Cup and they are tied with New Zealand on eight points, placed second on Net Run Rate.

Earlier, bowling in tandem, Jadeja and Kuldeep helped India fight back and restrict Bangladesh to 256/8 in 50 overs after openers Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan struck well-compiled half-centuries.

Jadeja (2-38 off 10) and Yadav (1-47) sent back the two set batters and stifled Bangladesh's innings, triggering a middle-order collapse. Bangladesh from 110/1 in the 20th over could manage a modest score after electing to bat first on a flat wicket. Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohd Siraj came back well in the death overs to claim two wickets apiece though Siraj was a tad expensive at 2-60 off 10 overs.

Brief scores:

Bangladesh 256/8 in 50 overs (Tanzid Hasan 51, Litton Das 66, Mushfiqur Rahim 38, Mahmudullah 48; Ravindra Jadeja 2-37, Jasprit Bumrah 2-41, Mohd Siraj 2-60) lost to India 261/3 in 41.3 overs (Virat Kohli 103 not out, Rohit Sharma 48, Shubman Gill 53, KL Rahul 34 not out; Mehidy Hasan Miraz 2-47) by 7 wickets.