Sachin Tendulkar is caught behind (Getty Images).

By PA Sport Staff

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India beat by Holland by 68 runs and got four points on the board thanks to an unconvincing display.

India's aim going into their first World Cup game against Holland at Paarl was to get their star-studded batting line-up into form and playing with confidence.

But India were bowled out for 204 before dismissing Holland for 136.

India's bowlers excelled but their batsmen will go into the next match against Australia at Centurion still searching for form without.

Anil Kumble claimed four for 32 and Javagal Srinath took four for 30 in an impressive bowling display.

The one shining light from their batting line-up was the ever-reliable Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a gutsy 52 from 72 balls. He had a fluency and crispness to his strokes that no other batsmen could match.

Tendulkar became the leading runs scorer in World Cup history, surpassing the record of 1083 runs held by Pakistan's Javed Miandad. After this innings, Tendulkar is on 1111 runs in his World Cup career.

But the form of Mohammed Kaif and captain Sourav Ganguly will worry Indian management, who would have hoped they would use this game to play themselves into some sort of form.

Ganguly, however, edged a ball meekly to wicketkeeper Jeroen Smits after making a scratchy eight while Kaif drove an Adeel Raja full toss straight to Holland captain Roland Lefebvre in the covers for nine.

On the positive side, Yuvraj Singh (37) and Dinesh Mongia (42 not out) showed they were prepared to work hard in difficult conditions.

It would be unfair to the Dutch however to concentrate on India's problems, and ignore an impressive display with the ball by the Europeans.

They were disciplined and focused. They bowled straight and gave the Indian stars very little occasion to lash out.

The star of the Dutch bowling effort was Tim de Leede, who claimed four for 35 to become the first-ever Holland player to take four wickets in a World Cup match.

The match petered out after it was obvious Holland's batsmen had no hope of competing against India's bowling attack.

After reaching 29 for one, Holland lost five wickets for the addition of only 16 runs, which put an end to their challenge as early as the 18th over.

Opener Daan van Bunge (20) tried his best and watched at the non-strikers end as wickets kept falling but he could not really affect the outcome of the match.