Five conclusions: India v Pakistan

Indian fans in the crowd celebrate as a Pakistan wicket falls at the Adelaide Oval. Photo / Getty Images

Dylan Cleaver offers five thoughts on India's 76-run win over Pakistan in Adelaide.

1. India have benefitted from being in Australia this summer. Undoubtedly it looks as if they familiarised themselves better than the Sri Lankans have in New Zealand. The most marked difference was the lengths the much-maligned Indian seamers bowled. When they bowled short they bowled around the shoulders. It was impressive stuff, particularly from Mohammed Shami.

2. This feels like a bat-first World Cup. It's early doors, but batting has looked a lot more difficult late in the day and into the night.

3. India has phenomenal fans. It is always fraught trying to quantify it, but the lift they give their team, particularly in the field, is probably worth 10 runs.

4. Pakistan's batting looks a bit threadbare without the classy Mohammad Hafeez at the top of the order. Haris Sohail also looks two positions too high at No 3. Misbah-ul-Haq is the ultimate St Jude figure - the patron saint of lost causes.

5. The third umpire is adding to the controversy, not taking away. First the umpires got plain bad advice in a farcical ending at the MCG, then Umar Akmal gets his marching orders in Adelaide on the flimsiest of evidence. He may have nicked it, but let's remember what the DRS was meant to eliminate - the obvious shocker.