NEW DELHI
\nIndia added to the list of huge winning margins at this year\u2019s Cricket World Cup while Virat Kohli made individual history in Sunday\u2019s rout of South Africa.
\nHere, the PA news agency looks at the statistical significance of the result.
\nIndia win big again
\nFour of the World Cup\u2019s top 10 winning margins by runs have come in this year\u2019s tournament, with hosts India now ranking second and joint-seventh on that list.
\nSunday\u2019s 243-run success \u2013 Kohli\u2019s hundred setting up a total of 326 for five before the Proteas were skittled for 83 \u2013 followed three days after they beat Sri Lanka by 302 runs.
\nThat was only the second win by 300-plus runs in World Cup history, the first coming just over a week earlier when Australia beat the Netherlands by a record 309 after scoring 399 for eight.
\nThe 2015 tournament saw Australia win by 275 runs against Afghanistan while South Africa beat the West Indies by 257, matching India\u2019s win over Bermuda in 2007.<\/p>\n
Australia beat Namibia by 256 in 2003 while India\u2019s win over South Africa matched Sri Lanka\u2019s margin against beleaguered Bermuda in 2007.<\/p>\n
South Africa beat the Netherlands by 231 in 2011 and their 229-run success against England this year matched Australia, against the Dutch in 2007, for 10th place.<\/p>\n
Teams batting first have not had it all their own way this year, with New Zealand beating England by nine wickets while there have been four eight-wicket margins and five by seven wickets.<\/p>\n
Kohli matches Sachin
\nKohli\u2019s 101 not out at Eden Gardens was significant beyond just the immediate contest with the Proteas.<\/p>\n
His 49th one-day international century matched the record set by his illustrious compatriot Sachin Tendulkar for the most in the format.<\/p>\n
The \u201cLittle Master\u201d played a record 463 ODIs between 1989 and 2012 and scored 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83 in his 452 innings.<\/p>\n
Kohli has got there in just 289 games and 277 innings, scoring 13,626 runs in total with his average of 58.48 \u2013 over 13 runs higher than Tendulkar\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The latter does still have more half-centuries, 96 to Kohli\u2019s 70, as well as the higher individual innings with an unbeaten 200 against South Africa in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI India added to the list of huge winning margins at this year\u2019s Cricket World Cup while Virat Kohli made individual history in Sunday\u2019s rout of South Africa. Here, the PA news agency looks at the statistical significance of the result. India win big again Four of the World Cup\u2019s top 10 winning margins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-366437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n