Sehwag, Kohli silence Bangladesh in opener
DHAKA, Feb 19, 2011 (AFP)
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Indian cricketer Virendra Sehwag (L) hits a six as
Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim looks on during the
first match in the World Cup Cricket tournament between
Bangladesh and India at The Sher-e Bangla National Stadium
in Dhaka. AFP |
Virender Sehwag plundered 175 off 140 balls and rising star Virat
Kohli hit an unbeaten 100 as India overpowered Bangladesh by 87 runs in
the opening match of the World Cup on Saturday.
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Indian cricketer Virat Kohli second centurian for India
plays a shot during the first match of the World Cup cricket
tournament between Bangladesh and India at The Sher-e Bangla
National Stadium in Dhaka. AFP |
The pair added 203 for the third wicket as India piled up 370-4, the
fifth highest World Cup total, after being given first strike by
Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan in the day-night match at the
Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
Bangladesh made a spirited chase of the daunting target before ending
at 283-9 with opener Tamim Iqbal making 70 and Shakib playing a
captain’s knock of 55 off 50 balls in the Group B match.
Munaf Patel picked up four wickets and Zaheer Khan took two, but the
Bangladeshi batsmen exposed the limitations of the Indian attack in
containing runs on slow wickets.
The result silenced a sell-out stadium crowd of 25,000 and thousands
of home fans watching on television, who had expected Bangladesh to
repeat the famous win over India in the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Despite the win, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said there was
still to be done ahead of their next match against England in Bangalore
on February 27.
“In the fielding, we need to contribute more and save around 10
runs,” said Dhoni, who praised Sehwag and Kohli.
“When you have lost a couple of wickets, you need to stabilise, and
it was nice to see Sehwag and Kohli do that.”
Shakib admitted that loose bowling early in the India innings had
cost his side.
“We bowled too many boundary balls. Sehwag took it away, he played
really well. Our fast bowlers were a bit rusty, hopefully they will come
back well,” he said.
Sehwag narrowly missed his pre-tournament aim to bat out the full 50
overs, just as his team-mate Sachin Tendulkar had done last year while
scoring the first-ever 200 in one-day cricket. SCOREBOARD
INDIA
V. Sehwag b Shakib 175
S. Tendulkar run out 28
G. Gambhir b Mahmudullah 39
V. Kohli not out 100
Yusuf Pathan c Rahim b Shafiu l8
Extras (b1, lb2, w16, nb1) 20
Total (for four wkts) 370
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Tendulkar), 2-152 (Gambhir)
3-355 (Sehwag), 4-370 (Pathan)
Bowling: Shafiul 7-0-69-1 (nb1, w4)
Rubel 10-0-60-0 (w5)
Razzak 9-0-74-0 (w1)
Shakib 10-0-61-1 (w3)
Naeem 7-0-54-0
Mahmudullah 7-0-49-1 (w3)
BANGLADESH
Tamim Iqbal c Yuvraj b Patel 70
Imrul Kayes b Patel 34
Junaid Siddique st Dhoni b Harbhajan 37
Shakib Al Hasan c Harbhajan b Pathan 55
Mushfiqur Rahim c sub (Raina) b Zaheer 25
Raqibul Hasan not out 29
Mohammad Mahmudullah b Patel 6
Naeem Islam lbw b Patel 2
Abdur Razzak lbw b Zaheer 1
Shafiul Islam run out 0
Rubel Hossain not out 1
Extras (lb9, w13, nb1) 23
Total (for nine wkts) 283
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Kayes), 2-129 (Siddique)
3-188 (Tamim), 4-234 (Shakib)
5-248 (Rahim), 6-261 (Mahmudullah)
7-275 (Naeem), 8-279 (Razzak), 9-280 (Shafiul)
Bowling: Sreesanth 5-0-53-0 (nb1, w5)
Zaheer 10-0-41-2 (w4)
Patel 10-0-48-4
Harbhajan 10-0-41-1 (w1)
Pathan 8-0-49-1 (w2)
Yuvraj 7-0-42-0 (w1)
Man of the match: Virender Sehwag (IND).
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (WIS)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI) |
