India overcame their World-Cup jinx against Australia. Their last win over Australia in a World Cup had come way back in the 1987 tournament
Yuvraj Singh's tally of five fifty-plus scores in a single tournament is second only to Sachin Tendulkar's seven fifty-plus scores in 2003.
Ricky Ponting scored his fifth century in World Cups and his sixth against India in ODIs. It was his first score over fifty in the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar went past the milestone of 18000 runs in ODIs. He also made his 20th fifty-plus score in World Cups which is comfortably higher than the second placed Ricky Ponting, who has 11.
India won their first game in Ahmedabad after four consecutive losses.