India re-announced themselves as one of the favourites of the ongoing World Cup tournament after pulling off a clinical 36-run victory over Australia on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan scored a ton (117 off 109 balls), Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli scored fifties each, while Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni played useful cameos as India post a mammoth total of 352 on the board. READ | India end Australia’s World Cup streak - and other statsDuring Dhoni’s 27 run-knock, the wicketkeeper-batsman showcased tremendous hitting power when he hammered Mitchell Starc for the maximum in the penultimate over. Seeing the ball fly off to the ropes, skipper Virat Kohli, who was standing at the non-striker’s end, was left stunned and burst into giggles. Dhoni smashed Starc over deep square leg when he tried to angle a 143kph screamer into the pads.

Source: Hindustan Times June 10, 2019 06:22 UTC