India beat Pak in top cricket style |
Team India overcame its recent poor form and successfully defied the law of averages to extend its proud World Cup record against Pakistan to six victories without a single defeat. The defending champions hammered their arch-rivals by 76 runs — the biggest margin in a World Cup match between the two teams — to get their campaign off to a morale-boosting start in Adelaide, Australia, on February 15. The crushing victory was set up by man of the match Virat Kohli who continued his passionate romance with the Adelaide Oval, scoring his fourth century in only his seventh innings here. Adelaide has become Kohli`s happy hunting ground in the same way that Sydney was for Sachin Tendulkar, Port of Spain for Sunil Gavaskar and Eden Gardens for VVS Laxman. Kohli had been below par in the recently concluded tri-series and warm-up matches, but he usually reserves his best for the big stage and they don`t come any larger than this. There was almost a sense of inevitability as he serenely cruised to 107 off 128 deliveries. It`s not only the first century scored by an Indian in a World Cup match against Pakistan, but also the highest score by a player from either side in an India-Pakistan World Cup game.
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