India may have tiptoed into the World Cup hesitant and uncertain, but it walked out of the Melbourne Cricket Ground with an almighty swagger on Sunday. South Africa, as strong a challenger as any at this tournament, was handed a crushing, humiliating beating, a 130-run defeat that will smart for some time.
The teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel and Stuart Binny.
South Africa: AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, JP Duminy, Farhan Behardien, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Imran Tahir, Kyle Abbott, Rillee Russouw, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott and Wayne Parnell.
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough and Aleem Dar.
