India hope Dhawan century run holds

Dunya News

Both teams are enthusiastic in winning the title of WC Champions.

MELBOURNE (AFP) - India were left hoping their sequence of winning every one-day international match where Shikhar Dhawan has made a hundred held good as the opener reached three figures against South Africa in the World Cup on Sunday.

Dhawan, 29, made the most of being dropped by Hashim Amla earlier in his innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to post a seventh hundred in 55 ODIs, with the left-hander reaching the landmark on Sunday off 122 balls including 14 fours.

All six of Dhawan s previous ODI hundreds have come during wins for India, the defending World Cup champions, with his century haul including 114 in a 26-run victory against South Africa in Cardiff in 2012 during India s run to the Champions Trophy title.