India breeze into semis with 109-run win at windy MCG

The men in Blue took on the Tigers of Bangladesh in what turned out to be a one sided match with India securing their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

There was plenty of support for both sides as crowd gathered in numbers on a windy day. (Source: Reuters)

Bangladesh came into the game, still riding high on their win over England in the pool stage. (Source: Reuters)

After giving India, who elected to bat first, a solid start Shikhar Dhawan lost his wicket to a Shakib-Al-Hasan delivery. India were stable at 75/1. (Source: Reuters)

The wicket of Dhawan was quickly followed by the dismissal of Indian talisman Virat Kohli at the hands of a visibly animated Rubel Hossain, (Source: Reuters)

Bangladesh at this point took control with the quick dismissal of Ajimkya Rahane leaving India at 115/3.

Suresh Raina came in at a crucial point in the game and his quickfire 65 was exactly the shot in the arm that India needed at this difficult juncture in the game. (Source: Reuters)

From there on in it was the Raina and Rohit show as the two piled on the runs in the batting powerplay and despite Raina falling at 65, Rohit Sharma powered on, getting his hundred in the process. (Source: Reuters)

The MCG watched in amazement as after a few stumbles mid-way through the innings, India blazed to a score of 302/6 in their 50 overs. (Source: Reuters)

In reply, Imrul Kayes lost his wicket relatively early on to a Ravindra Jadeja run-out. (Source: AP)

The Bangladeshi collapse continued as wickets fell at regular intervals and India looked increasingly likely to make it to the semi-finals of the World Cup. (Source: Reuters)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men took control of the game at this point with Jadeja snagging a couple of wickets among the general theme of domination from the Indian seamers. (Source: AP)

Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers as India stomped Bangladesh in convincing fashion, winning by 109 runs at the end of the day. (Source: AP)

India will now look to the semi-finals and will be monitoring Friday's quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan closely. (Source: Reuters)