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London, June 10 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong>  Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who smacked a brilliant century against Australia, was extremely happy with the way India performed in all the three departments during their 36-run World Cup win at the Kennington Oval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dhawan was coming into this World Cup on the back of a successful IPL campaign, where he scored 521 runs in 16 matches at an average of 34.73 for the Delhi Capitals. However, the ODI form he was carrying into the tournament -- 420 runs since the start of 2019 at an average of 35.00 -- was a bit of a concern for a player who has a career batting average of 44.91.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, on Sunday, the southpaw continued his love affair with the ICC tournament and played a superb knock of 117 (109 balls) which was studded with 16 fours. His knock helped India chase a record 353-run target for Australia which the defending champions could not reach and suffered their first loss in last 11 ODIs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We are happy with the result as it was a great team effort. It's a great sign for our team and I'm happy with this man of the match award. We are very happy with the performance overall," said Dhawan at the post-match presentation ceremony.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 33-year-old said that the Men in Blue performed in all the three departments and thus ticked all the boxes. India, after setting a humongous total of 352\/5, were equally impressive with the ball as they kept on chipping the wickets and never let the foot off the peddle. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the field as well, they took some great catches and inflicted some brilliant run-outs to make sure they avenged the loss of the ODI series which they lost at home against the defending champions earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We are a great fielding side, we took great catches. We have a good bowling side, great spinners as well. We work really hard in the nets, our process is very strong that's why the results are going our way," said Dhawan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We ticked all the boxes today. We knew they are a great side and the match will go down to the wire. We need to continue ticking the boxes in upcoming matches," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With four points in two games, India are currently placed at the third spot in the points table. Their next match is against table-toppers New Zealand on Thursday and the Men in Blue would like to continue with their performance and avenge the loss they suffered in the warm-up game against the Black Caps.  
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