Sachin Tendulkar is run out

Sachin Tendulkar of India is run out. India did 60 from first 10 overs and it happened at 6th over when Tendulkar was run out.

India were 69 for one after 11 overs against Bangladesh in the World Cup opener at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium this noon on Saturday.

Opener Sachin Tendulkar was run out on 28 off 29 balls after an amateurish mix-up with Virender Sehwag who was not out on 36.

Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 0.

Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was introduced early in the attack to tame the Indian openers and the move paid off as he bowled two good overs back-to-back for 20 runs in four overs.

Pacer Rubel Hossain gave away 28 runs in his five overs.

The Tigers won the crucial toss and captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to bowl first, saying his team was confident to chase a target below 260.

There have been five scores over 250 that have been successfully chased in day-night games in Mirpur. The highest ever target chased is 297 by India against Bangladesh in the tri-nation tournament in 2010.

Veteran batsman Mohammad Ashraful has been left out of the Bangladesh side that is the youngest in the World Cup, with Razzak at 28 years being the oldest member.

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would have bowled first too had he won the toss because he believed dew could be a big factor.

Of 42 matches played in Mirpur, 27 have been won by the team batting second and only 15 by the team batting first. In day-night games, only three out of 16 matches have been won by teams batting first.

The last 13 games in Mirpur have been won by teams chasing. Of the 23 matches between the two, India won in 20, while one was abandoned.

India are the current favourites in this tournament, with their consistency over the previous months and depth of the players' calibre.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, are at the moment reasonably balanced, consisting of prodigious bowlers and batsmen with a combination of confidence and talent.

India saw an upsetting exit in the 2007 World Cup in West Indies at the hands of Bangladesh, as the Tigers had halted the next-door neighbour's dream run most unceremoniously. The upset is said to be one of the major events in tournament's history.

Their confidence is also at a new high following their victories in the home series against Zimbabwe (3-1) and New Zealand (4-0).


Bangladesh side: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim(wicket keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (c), Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain

Indian side: SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (captain and wicket keeper), YK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel.

India collects 42 from first 6 over

India has collected 42 runs from 6 overs in the beginning of CWC 2011 today at Dhaka, Bangladesh . Run rate is 7 per over.

Sachin Tendulkar and virender sehwag are now bating first. They are the opening batsmen in CWC 2011 which has just begun now.

Bangladesh wins toss in WC 2011 maiden match

Opening match 10th Cricket World Cup has just now begun at 2.00 pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka in Bangladesh today in the afternoon. This is a day-night match.

Bangladesh wins toss in the Opening match. Bangladesh Captain in world cup cricket 2011 sakib al hasan has decided to fielding first.


Bangladesh and India also the co-hosts of the CWC 2011 are to face each other in the big match.


Mihandra Singh Dhoni, the Indian Captain and Sakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh Captain both think that it will be a fighting match as the both teams now in good form. 

Now India will bat first. 

Bangladesh celebrated Opening Match of WC 2011 last night

Tens of thousands of the peoples of Bangladesh have begun celebration of opening match of the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup at the surroundings of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur, Dhaka of Bangladesh tonight.

The opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be played in the stadium tomorrow.

There is no stage, no singer, no laser show, no cultural functions but peoples from all walk of lives have gathered here in this evening and have been continuing their celebration with sounds of thousands of vuvuzella in the midnight while this report is being filed at 12.45 am.

"It is rare, it is exceptional, it is matter of proud of us, it is great celebration for Bangladesh; so we can not sleep in bed tonight, it should make memorable to all" said Mr. Sohel, one of the participants in the celebration.

Beginning from Mirpur Circle-1 to Circle-10, whole the road is filled up with thousands of people enthusiastic with the World Cup 2011.

They are whistling Vuvuzela and hoisting flags of different country specially of Bangladesh. Unbelievable that people can stay over the night in the street to make memorable of an event. World has not ever seen the scenery!

          

India not under pressure, MS Dhoni about opening match

About the Saturday's maiden match in the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 against host Bangladesh, the Indian Captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni says "We are not under pressure".

Mahindra Singh Dhoni was speaking at a press conference at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka today. 

"… we need to attack hard in the beginning," he said terming Bangladesh a strong opponent, with two world-class spinners. 

"Spinners can really put pressure," Dhoni said indicating to Bangladesh captain Sakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzaque. "Their pacers will also do well." 

Asked whether India would be able to overcome the 2007 World Cup shock, he said: "It has to be…." 

Bangladesh had defeated India, which eventually led to its elimination from the 9th World Cup's first round. 

Bangladesh keeps hope on recent performance

Bangladesh Captain at Press
conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh   

Bangladesh Cricket Captain Sakib Al Hasan sees prospect of doing well as they have been performing continuously  in big matches playing good cricket.

"Back in 2007, there were uncertainty about performance and match results, but now most of the players think positively and behave accordingly," Mr. Sakib told media at a press conference here in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Friday.

Responding to queries on how confident was Bangladesh ahead of its first match against India in the World Cup scheduled tomorrow (on Saturday).

The World Cup event will begin with the day-night match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka.

Sakib said Bangladesh want to defeat India and South Africa in the first round. "We are not thinking about India. We want to play a good cricket."

He told reporters at the stadium's media conference room that he had not targeted any opposition batsman for the match.

Asked to make comparison of the spinners of the teams, Sakib, a left-arm spinner himself, spoke of both.

He said Bangladesh batsmen were confident about playing well. "We are old enough to cope with the [pressure of] big matches."

He, however, admitted that the current Indian team was much stronger than it was in 2007. "They have improved a lot than the last World Cup."

"But, if we can push them to back-foot in the early overs, it will benefit us, no matter if they bowl or bat first," the Bangladesh skipper observed.

In response to another query whether the team had needed pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who was left out of the squad, the captain said that the current players in the squad were performing well.

"He played up-to-the-mark as long as he was in the team," he said about Mashrafe, who used to start with the new ball.

Bangladesh presentation in CWC 2011; Part 5th