2. Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to score a ton in a World Cup debut match when he scored an unbeaten 100 against Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup 2011 opener.
3. The last time India defeated Australia in a World Cup match was 24 years ago on October 22, 1987. Australia won the toss and chose to field. The Indian batsmen put together a brave total of 289 with four half-centuries, each from Gavaskar, Sidhu, Vengsarkar and Azharuddin. Indian spinners put paid to the Aussie innings stopping them at 233 in 49 overs with Maninder Singh scalping three wickets and Azharuddin’s medium pacers too fetching three wickets.
4. India's Madan Lal bowled the first ball in World Cup history, to England's Denis Amiss at Lord's on June 7, 1975.
5. India is the only team to have amassed a total of 400 and above in a World Cup match when they scored 413/5 in 50 overs against a Bermuda side in the preliminary league of the World Cup 2011.
6. Asantha de Mel, the right-arm medium-pacer from Sri Lanka holds the record for being the most expensive bowler in a World Cup innings. In the group match against West Indies in World Cup 1987, de Mel was hit all around the ground by Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards and the bowler ended up conceding 97 runs in 10 overs at an economy rate of 9.7. However, the saving grace is that de Mel took the wicket of Viv Richards after the mighty West Indian scored 181 from 125 balls.
7. The only 300-run partner ship in a World Cup innings is between Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in the preliminary league of World Cup 1999 against Sri Lanka. The duo put together a partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket in 269 balls.
8. New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming holds the record for the most number of matches as captain in World Cup. He led his team in 27 matches. Aussie skipper Rickey Ponting is in the race to break this record with 23 matches as captain.
9. The highest score in an innings by a batsman from a non-Test playing team is by Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk of Netherlands against Namibia in the pool match of World Cup 2003. He scored an unbeaten 134 from 188 balls to take Netherlands to 314/4 from 50 overs.
10. R Premadasa Stadium, which will host the 10th match of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011, between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was built on swampland previously used by monks ferrying across to the Khettarama temple adjacent to the stadium. The stadium is the brainchild of the late Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa. With a capacity of 35,000 seats, this is the biggest stadium in Sri Lanka.
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