Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan today scored his second century of the ongoing Cricket World Cup to anchor the defending champions to record a convincing 8-wicket victory over Ireland at Hamilton. This was India's fifth consecutive victory of this 11th edition of the tournament. It was also the 9th successive triumph for India in World Cups overall starting from a win over the West Indies in 2011, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni has broken Sourav Ganguly's record of eight straight wins which the former captain had recorded in the 2003 edition in South Africa.Dhawan and fellow opener Rohit Sharma began the 260 runs chase with some explosive batting, with both sharing 174 runs for the opening wicket off just 140 balls. While Rohit was out for 64, Dhawan made 100, his eighth ODI century. After their wickets, Virat Kohli and Ajinkhya Rahane took it from there, and successfully overhauled the target with more than 13 overs to spare and 8 wickets in hand.Earlier, after opting to bat first, Ireland were bowled out for 259 in 49 overs. Paceman Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers. He bagged 3 wickets. For Ireland, Niall O'Brien top scored with 75.President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have congratulated the Indian team on its victory.Team India, which will now finish the group stage at the top of Pool-B, will play their final group match against Zimbabwe on Saturday.