Tigers post respectable total of 283/9
Bangladesh team lost the game no hesitation but the tigers have fought back with bravery and determination in opposition to a powerful opponent. On their part, the Tigers performed very well against India but their total runs fell short of resisting the rival's victory.
India's Virender Sehwag was adjudged the man of the match. Bangladesh raced to 51-0 in the first five overs as seamer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth accepted 24 in his third over, together with four boundaries by Imrul Kayes (34).
Tamim, who put on 56 for the first wicket with Kayes, added another 73 for the second with Junaid Siddique to lift Bangladesh to 129-1 by the 24th over.
After Siddique was stumped off Harbhajan Singh, Tamim and Shakib added 59 for the third wicket when Patel ended the opener's confrontation by having him caught at mid-wicket. Shakib holed out in the deep off Yusuf Pathan in a bid to step up the scoring, ending Bangladesh's bid to force an improbable win.
A blistering 175 runs by hard striking opener Virender Sehwag and a century by Virat Kholi powered India to a huge 370 for 4 in 50 overs in opposition to hosts Bangladesh in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup,2011 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday.
With this huge innings, India ready the ground to take retribution for their defeat against Bangladesh in their last World Cup match at Port of Spain in West Indies in 2007.
The right handed opening batsman from Delhi, Sehwag, started his World Cup promotion with a boundary through cover off the very first ball of the innings off a Shafiul Islam delivery. His 140-ball 175-run innings was furnished with 14 fours and five sixes before he was clean bowled by Bangladesh spinner Shakib Al Hasan.
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and sent favorites India in to bat first on a wonderful batting pitch to the surprise of cricket pundits.His decision to bowl first backfired immediately as the Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar scored 24 runs in first two overs of the innings, bowled by pacer Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain.
Bangladesh were able to check Indian's run rate when spinner Abdur Razzak came to bowl in the fifth over. He conceded only four runs in the first over. India lost their first wicket of batting genius Sachin Tendulkar with the score on 69 runs in 10.5 overs. Sachin fell victim to a run out by Shakib/Mushfiq combination when trying to take a single pushing the ball to mid on. Sachin and Sehwag were stuck at the same end as Sehwag did not respond to Sachin's call for a single. The master batsman Sachin scored 28 runs off 29 balls hitting four boundaries.
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