Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul hit hundreds, as World Cup hosts India geared up for the semi-finals with a crushing 160-run victory over the Netherlands to keep intact their 100 percent record with nine group wins.
After their colleagues hit breezy fifties on a good M Chinnaswamy Stadium track, Iyer (128 not out) struck his fourth one-day ton, before Rahul (102) exploded, as the duo lit up the stage on the Hindu festival of Diwali to get India to 410/4.
Requiring a record World Cup chase to win, the bottom-placed Dutch side got good starts from Max O'Dowd (30), Colin Ackermann (35), Sybrand Engelbrecht (45) and Teja Nidamanuru (54), but they never threatened and were dismissed for 250 in 47.5 overs.
Mohammed Siraj (2/29) overcame a throat injury suffered in a dropped catch to dazzle, alongside Kuldeep Yadav (2/41), Jasprit Bumrah (2/33) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/49) to secure victory for India, who face New Zealand in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
Iyer reached his century in 84 balls, and finished with 10 fours and five sixes, while Rahul needed only 62 balls for his ton, getting there with two huge sixes that took India past 400 in the last over.
The duo forged a 208-run partnership - the highest fourth-wicket stand in World Cups - as India scored 126 runs in their final 10 overs to post the third total above 400 in the event.
After winning the toss, India put the Netherlands to the sword and opting to bat, as skipper Rohit Sharma (61) and Shubman Gill (51) smashed boundaries at will to give them a superb platform with 91 runs in the powerplay.
Gill was severe on the bowlers, with three fours and four sixes, but the world's top-ranked batsman found the man in the deep, while taking on a short one from Paul van Meekeren, after reaching his 12th half-century.
The Netherlands chipped away and were rewarded, when Bas de Leede had Rohit caught at wide long-on, but Kohli (51) and Iyer took India past 200 runs in the 29th over, with a 71-run stand.
Kohli delighted the crowd with a wide array of shots, after a shaky start to his quest to reach 50 ODI tons and eclipse Sachin Tendulkar's record, but Roelof van der Merwe briefly silenced fans by breaking his stumps with a flatter one.
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