WC special | Schedule | Squads His side came up with a solid performance against South Africa in Southampton to win by six wickets. Four days later, the Men in Blue produced yet another clinical performance to beat defending champions Australia by 36 runs after totalling a mammoth 352 for five. With two wins in as many games, Kohli becomes India’s second captain in the history of the World Cup to win first two games. Only Kapil Dev, who had won India their first World Cup in 1983, has the same record as the skipper. None of the other five captains have this record, not even Mahendra Singh Dhoni whose captaincy in the WC saw India losing only two games in as many editions (2011 and 2015). In 1983, India had started off well by beating defending champions West Indies by 34 runs at Old Trafford and they backed it up with a 5-wicket win over debutants Zimbabwe in Leicester. However, India could not make it three out of three as they lost the next to Australia by a whopping 162 runs in Nottingham. In 1987, Kapil had a worse start as the captain as holders India lost their first…