Rohit Sharma is a beast when it comes to dominatingpedestrian bowling attacks, not that he can’t take the wind out of the sails ofwell oiled bowling units, but he is severe in his treatment of mediocrebowling. The opener’s eyes must have lit up when he saw his captain call itright on a placid Edgbaston track against Bangladesh on Tuesday. Conditionswere as perfect for batting in Birmingham as it is on the ‘Pattas’ back homebut it all started with the rub of the green going the Mumbai superstar’s way.

Rohit had an early reprieve as India made a strong startafter electing to bat first against Bangladesh in the World Cup at Edgbaston onTuesday. Sharma started with a six in the first over but mistimed a pull offpaceman Mustafizur Rahman only for Tamim Iqbal to drop a simple catch at deepmid-wicket with the batsman on nine. Sharma, who scored a century in India’sfirst World Cup defeat to hosts England on Sunday, hit another two sixes andfour fours as India reached 87-0 at the end of 15 overs.

He continued his assault and brought up his fourth centuryof this World Cup in just 90 deliveries, before giving a simple catch to thecover fielder off the bowling of Soumya Sarkar. His knock of 104 laid theplatform for the Indian innings.