Rohit runs the show in Kotla

At the halfway stage Afghanistan might have felt they hadnrsquot done too badly To have posted 272 for eight their secondhighest tally in World Cups was a decent effort even if on the surface laid out at the Arun Jaitley Stadium it was significantly below parAfghanistan however were singularly unprepared for the Wednesday carnage Rohit Sharma unleashed at the Kotla Indiarsquos affable skipper showed the opposition no mercy alternating between breathtaking timing and muscular ballstriking to have the huge crowd eating out of his handsRecords galoreBoundaries cascaded off the broad willow Rohit wielded like a scimitar as nobody was spared not even the excellent Rashid Khan The Mumbaikar raced to the fastest ODI hundred in World Cups by an Indian off 63 deliveries His 31st ODI hundred was also his seventh in all World Cups the most by any batsman in the history of the tournament Indiarsquos eightwicket victory with 15 overs to spare a mere formalityJasprit Bumrah is ecstatic after claiming the wicket of Mohammad Nabi yesterdayRohit and Ishan Kishan again standing in for the indisposed Shubman Gill destroyed Afghanistan with an opening salvo of 156 off just 112 deliveries That sucked whatever fight was left in the opposition Afghanistan served out a rude reminder of life in the big leagueThe mellifluous music that flowed from Rohitrsquos bat shaded everything else including a terrific spell of fast bowling from Jasprit Bumrah 439 another fabulous display of leftarm wrist spin from Kuldeep Yadav and an entertaining fourthwicket stand of 121 between Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and the young Azmatullah Omarzai who justified his elevation to No 5 with his highest limitedovers scoreAlso Read Is Indias demolition of Australia a sign of things to comeOn an absolute shirtfront Bumrah was brilliant up front characteristically striking in his first spell and keeping things tight even as newball partner Mohammed Siraj had a rare offday leaking boundaries by the bushel After a promising start on opting to bat Afghanistan lost three wickets with just 63 on the board Shardul Thakur replacing R Ashwin taking a smart catch to put birthday boy Hardik Pandya in business and then himself winning a leg before shout against Rahmat ShahPandya breaks crucial standFirst carefully and then through a sudden shift of gears Shahidi and Omarzai moved into the ascendancy with sparkling strokeplay India were a little rattled until Pandya produced a peach of a slower delivery to evict Omarzai and when Shahidi perished to reverse sweep against Kuldeep they lost their way and perhaps fell 20 shy of where they might have wished toThat may not have counted for much on the evidence of what unfolded after the interval Kishan watched transfixed from the best seat in the ground as Rohit launched an assault of staggering proportions Long before the captain was dismissed by Rashid on the sweep it was game set and match India by a mileSevenTotal number of centuries by Rohit Sharma in World Cups the most by any batsman to surpass batting icon Sachin Tendulkar556No of sixes smashed by Rohit in international matches the most by any batsman to go past WI legend Chris Gayle 553Brief scoresAfghanistan 2728 in 50 overs H Shahidi 80 A Omarzai 62 J Bumrah 439 H Pandya 243 lost to India 2732 in 35 overs R Sharma 131 V Kohli 55 I Kishan 47R Khan 257 by 8 wickets