Centuries by both the Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul has set the tone for India to post monumental target in the second ODI against West Indies at Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday.

Providing solid start for the team, Rahul and Rohit first posted their respective half centuries and later converted it into solid centuries.

KL Rahul however fell immediately after finishing his century. He scored 102 from 104 deliveries. He departed in the 37th over. Skipper Virat Kohli who joined Rohit in the middle after Rahul’s dismissal, had a rare failure with the bat as he departed for a first ball duck off Kieron Pollard’s bowling in 38th over.

Rohit Sharma has held fortes on the other hand and is joined by Shreyas Iyed in the middle. At the end of 38 overs, India’s scorecard read 235-2 with Rohit batting well on 121 off 121 deliveries.

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Karachi (PTI): At least 184 international flights of different airlines from Pakistan to the West Asia have been cancelled since Saturday owing to the escalating situation after the US and Israel attacked Iran.

A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sialkot, Peshawar, Faisalabad had all been cancelled.

“The flights were on the schedule of different airlines,” Hafeez Khan said.

International flights in the West Asia have all been badly disrupted or suspended after the closure of the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports which serve as a major hub for connecting flights to Europe, USA, Canada, South America etc.

Airline authorities have suspended all air traffic in the region because of the increase in missile and drone attacks by Iran on the US bases in the region.

The spokesperson said at least 40 flights were cancelled from Islamabad and another 46 from Lahore.

The Pakistan airspace remains open for domestic flights, he said.

The attack on Iran by the US and Israel disrupted flights across the West Asia and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes.