Rohit Sharma smashed his way to a strokeful 150 while Ajinkya Rahane blasted an unbeaten 88 as India outclassed minnows Afghanistan by 153 runs in the World Cup warm-up match in Adelaide, on Tuesday.

Electing to bat, India had a bad start as they lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Virat Kohli (5) early, but Rohit's stroke-ful knock helped them post 364 for five.

Chasing the mammoth total, Afghanistan, who will play in the50-overs-a-side World Cup for the first time, started cautiously but lost wickets in a heap in the middle overs before finishing with 211 for eight in 50 overs.

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Mohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja claimed two wickets each but Mohammed Shami went wicketless.

Te day, though, belonged to Rohit, whose dominating innings laid the foundation for a strong batting show. He stitched a 158-run third wicket partnership with Suresh Raina (75) to help India gain ground.

The left-handed Raina was unlucky to be run-out after hitting five fours and three sixes in his 71-ball stay but Rohit carried on the good work with Ajinkya Rahane (88 not out).

The duo stitched a 95-run fourth-wicket partnership to deflate Afghan hopes.

Rohit was finally picked up by off-spinner Mohammad Nabi but not after he had hit 12 fours and 7 sixes in his 122-ball knock.

Dhoni (10) once again failed to get going and looked completely out of sorts in his 20-ball stay at the wicket but Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja (11 not out) made sure the score was challenging enough.

Afghanistan started on a cautious note as opener Usman Ghani and former captain Nawroz Mangal did well in a 63-run second-wicket partnership but the strategy did not work and the asking-rate kept mounting.

Asghar Stanikzai (20) and later wicketkeeper-batsman Afsar Zazai (24 not out) also contributed but the target proved beyond reach for World Cup first-timers.

Umesh Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked up a wicket each as all the bowlers maintained their economy rates to under 4.5 albeit against a weak Afghan batting.