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Check out records set in 2011 World Cup

The World Cup 2011 has not only been a busy one for the players given the long schedule but also for the statisticians for many reasons. We have seen many a record rewritten and many more getting into the top 10 of various record categories. Check out the latest records as they are conquered in this world cup

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• India Vs South Africa: The Big Player Battles
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• Mid-tournament review of World Cup 2011
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• Best World Cup batsman: Richards or Tendulkar?
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India IS win the World Cup

• Lower order shouldn't have come in to finish this off: Dhoni
  New Delhi: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said there are areas India needed to work on after his side's five-wicket win over the Netherlands in a Group B match of the cricket World Cup here.
• India defeat Netherlands by five wickets
  New Delhi: India overcame some anxious moments before suppressing a spirited Netherlands with an easy five-wicket victory in a World Cup Group-B match and virtually secure a quarter-final berth here.
• Dutch hope to get Tendulkar, Yuvraj early
  New Delhi: Mindful of Sachin Tendulkar's ability and having watched Yuvraj Singh's all-round show, the Netherlands skipper Peter Borren says his bowlers would look to get the two India batsmen out early when they face off in a group B match of the cricket World Cup here tomorrow.
• ''It is important to play our best game in knockouts''
  New Delhi: India have made a decent start to the tournament with signs of improvement in all departments of the game but peaking at the right time and maintaining consistency would be key to lifting the World Cup for the second time in history, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said today.

World Cup is INDIA'S

• Sachin may be awarded by IAF if India win World Cup
  New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) said it will mull over giving an award to batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who is also an Honorary Group Captain, if the country win the ongoing cricket world cup.
• Spinners would be hit by ICC move on associates: Balaji Rao
  Mumbai: Slamming the International Cricket Council's move to relegate associate countries like Canada to the confines of T20 cricket in future, former Tamil Nadu leggie Wandavasi Balaji Rao said it would badly hurt the development of slow bowlers.
• Pakistan seeks 'fool-proof' security for cricketers
  Islamabad: Pakistan called on India to make "fool-proof arrangements" for the security of the cricket World Cup in the wake of media reports about possible terrorist attacks on the venues of the tournament.
• Team tense ahead of England match: Shakib
  Chittagong: Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan admitted that his team is tense ahead of their World Cup Group B match here on Friday against England.