 Dhawan acknowledges applause for his hundred in Dhaka |
Scotland were on the receiving end of a 270-run thrashing by India in their opening game at the Under-19 World Cup. Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit an unbeaten 155 off 138 balls as India made a record 425-3 and then restricted the Scots to 155-8 in reply.
Australia, the West Indies and South Africa also won their first league matches of the tournament.
Ireland fought hard chasing a West Indies total of 265-8 but were held six runs short at 259-9.
India's total was the highest ever recorded by India in the tournament, beating their previous best of 356-5 against Canada in New Zealand two years ago.
The total was the second highest score by any side in the tournament behind Australia's mammoth 480-6 against Kenya in 2002.
Robin Uthappa contributed 97 to an opening stand of 175 with Dhawan for India and Suresh Raina made 90.
Skipper Kyle Coetzer top scored in Scotland's innings with 62.
He hit three sixes and four fours in his 92-ball knock before becoming one of three Scottish batsmen to be run out.
Moneeb Iqbal, whose one wickets from seven overs of leg-spin had earlier cost him 70 runs, provided the main support to Coetzer with 30.
"I would say that it was my best innings as it was in a match for my country," said Dhawan.
"There was a bit of moisture in the pitch at the beginning so I was a bit cautious early on but all of the guys are very good batsmen and we helped each other."
The West Indies admitted surprise at the difficulty posed by Ireland.
Spinners Greg Thompson (5-49) and Andrew Riddles (3-42) pegged the Caribbean side back after a strong start.
And Kevin O'Brien hit 95 run at a run-a-ball, almost snatching a shock victory for the European Champions before a lower order collapse settled proceedings. "We didn't do ourselves any favours at the start or end of the match," said Ireland coach Adrian Birrell.
"We bowled and batted well in the middle of the match but we let them get away to too good a start."
Defending champion Australia beat Canada by six wickets in the northwestern Rajshahi city.
After bowling the North Americans out for 164, Gavin Bastiampillai and Soham Anjaria putting on 92 for the fifth wicket, the Aussies raced to the victory in just 28.4 overs
Western Australia's Theo Doropoulos toip-scored with 57.
In Chittagong, South Africa bowled Uganda out for 125, with Waylain September claiming 4-14.
Openers Clint Bowyer and Andrew Birch put on 95 for the first wicket and Birch remained unbeaten on 56 as his side won with 22 overs to spare.
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