WC 2015: India tops group table after 4 matches with no loss, first time in WC history

India beat the West Indies in their fourth consecutive match at theWorld Cup Down Under and became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals from Pool B with two matches remaining.

World Cup Special; Points Table

This is the first time India have won first four matches played at World Cup and remained at the top of the points table. Here is a look at India's position in the group table after a minimum of three matches (in case the number of teams in the group is four) in all the World Cups played since 1975:

• 1975: 3rd position among 4 teams after 3 games won 1 lost 2

• 1979: 4th position among 4 teams after 3 games lost all 3

• 1983: 2nd position among 4 teams after 6 games won 4 lost 2

• 1987: 1st position among 4 teams after 6 games won 5 lost 1

• 1992: 7th position among 9 teams after 8 games won 2 lost 5 no result 1

• 1996: 3rd position among 6 teams after 5 games won 3 lost 2

• 1999: 3rd position among 6 teams after 5 games won 3 lost 2

• 2003: 2nd position among 7 teams after 6 games won 5 lost 1

• 2007: 3rd position among 4 teams after 3 games won 1 lost 2

• 2011: 2nd position among 7 teams after 6 games won 4 lost 1 tied 1

• 2015: 1st position among 7 teams after 4 games won 4 lost 0 [India are yet to play Ireland and Zimbabwe]