India entered the quarter finals of the Cricket World Cup 2011 on Sunday as it beat the West Indies by 80 runs in their final day and night league match in the Group B at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai and reached the second slot after South Africa in the group.

India will now meet defending champions Australia in their quarter-finals encounter on Thursday in Ahmadabad. The other quarter finals will take place between Pakistan and West Indies, Sri Lanka and England and New Zealand and South Africa

Yuvraj scores maiden century

Yuvraj Singh scored his maiden World Cup century (113) as part of India’s victory against West Indies on Sunday and also took two wickets.

West Indies, after being asked by India to field first, finished with 188 losing all the wickets with seven overs left chasing a target of 269.

For West Indies, Ravi Rampaul marked his World Cup debut with a career-best five for 51 including the prized wicket of Sachin Tendulkar.

Everyone thought Tendulkar would make his 100th international century but he was out for just two runs. Rampaul had Tendulkar caught behind off the last ball of his first over but Australian umpire Steve Davis rejected Rampaul’s appeal. Still, gentle as he is, Tendulkar walked away to the pavilion without waiting for a review as he knew he was out.