Australia's David Warner hit his sixth World Cup century to pull level with batting great Sachin Tendulkar and put his team on course for a huge total against the Netherlands in a World Cup clash on Wednesday.
Warner, who clubbed 163 last time out against Pakistan, reached his second successive ton off 91 balls with 11 fours and three sixes at New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.
India skipper Rohit Sharma recently surpassed compatriot Tendulkar's record of World Cup tons to lead the race with seven hundreds.
Five-time winners Australia lost Mitchell Marsh, for nine, in the fourth over after they elected to bat first on Wednesday.
The left-handed Warner and Steve Smith hit back in a stand of 132 against a Dutch side who had stunned South Africa earlier in the tournament.
Smith scored his first fifty of this edition before he fell for 71 off spinner Aryan Dutt, but Warner stood firm in another stubborn partnership of 84 with Marnus Labuschagne.
Labuschagne raised his fifty before he fell for 62 off Bas de Leede.
Australia reached 266-4 after 39 overs.
Earlier, Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first against the Netherlands in a World Cup clash on Wednesday with opener Travis Head failing to make the starting line-up.
Head, who broke his hand in South Africa on the eve of the World Cup, misses out despite joining up with the Australian squad this week.
Cummins said: "The bridge is still too far for Head. He still needs a few more days."
Five-time winners Australia have made one change in New Delhi from their previous win over Pakistan with Cameron Green coming in for Marcus Stoinis, who is out with a calf injury.
Australia started with two losses but bounced back to win their next two and are fourth in the 10-team table led by hosts India.
The Netherlands will be looking for another upset after they stunned South Africa last week.
Afghanistan downed defending champions England in the last match at this venue, which also witnessed a highest ever World Cup total of 428 by South Africa earlier this month.
The Dutch come in unchanged from their previous loss to Sri Lanka.
Skipper Scott Edwards said he would have opted to bowl had he won the toss.
"We have played good cricket but not for long enough. We would want to rectify that. The boys would want to do well," said Edwards.
The two teams stood in silence to pay tribute to late former India captain and spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi, who died on Monday aged 77.
The Delhi stadium has a stand dedicated to the legendary left-arm spinner.
Teams
Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (wk/capt), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG) and Sharfuddoula (BAN)
TV Umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)