Tag: Virender Sehwag

Two big names have not registered a  ODI century against Bangladesh.

One with 46 centuries against his name and another with 13 against his.

Sachin could not, while Sehwag powered on.

Vintage, yet calculative  Sewag powered India to thumping win over Bangladesh in the inaugural match of World Cup 2011 at Mirpur, Dhaka today.

He was , as usual, well, Sehwag.

But with a difference .

He got going right from the word go and instead of his normal penchant and continuous aggression, has tempered it with patience.

(Sachin touch rubbing on him!)

His 175 in 140 balls with 14 fours and 5 sixes made Bangladesh scrambling  for cover, especially with Virat Kohli exhibiting aggression  of highest order .

He remained not out at 100( 8 fours and 2 sixes).

Gambhir was not in his real elements out for 39.

Sachin got out for a non existent single with both Sehwag and Sachin looking at the fielder( Sachin having started running).

Set to score 371 , Bangladesh managed 283 for 9 thanks to the largesse of Sreesanth who leaked 53 runs in 5 overs.

Fortunately other bowlers .especially Munaf shone with 4/48 with good support from Zaheer ,Harbhajan.

Yusuf and Yuvraj helped to contain the damage caused by Sreesanth

Margin of victory could have been greater but for Sreesanth and some below par fielding.

An average start for the campaign, against Bangladesh.

Score card.

India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	b Shakib Al Hasan	175	140	14	5	125.00
	SR Tendulkar	run out (Shakib Al Hasan/†Mushfiqur Rahim)	28	29	4	0	96.55
	G Gambhir	b Mahmudullah	39	39	3	0	100.00
	V Kohli	not out	100	83	8	2	120.48
	YK Pathan	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam	8	10	0	0	80.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 16, nb 1)	20
	Total	(4 wickets; 50 overs)	370	(7.40 runs per over)

Did not bat Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-69 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 2-152 (Gambhir, 23.2 ov), 3-355 (Sehwag, 47.3 ov), 4-370 (Pathan, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Shafiul Islam	7	0	69	1	9.85	(1nb, 2w)
	Rubel Hossain	10	0	60	0	6.00	(5w)
	Abdur Razzak	9	0	74	0	8.22	(1w)
	Shakib Al Hasan	10	0	61	1	6.10	(3w)
	Naeem Islam	7	0	54	0	7.71
	Mahmudullah	7	0	49	1	7.00	(3w)

	Bangladesh innings (target: 371 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Yuvraj Singh b Patel	70	86	3	1	81.39
	Imrul Kayes	b Patel	34	29	7	0	117.24
	Junaid Siddique	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	37	52	1	1	71.15
	Shakib Al Hasan*	c Harbhajan Singh b Pathan	55	50	5	0	110.00
	Mushfiqur Rahim†	c sub (SK Raina) b Khan	25	30	2	0	83.33
	Raqibul Hasan	not out	28	28	0	1	100.00
	Mahmudullah	b Patel	6	6	0	0	100.00
	Naeem Islam	lbw b Patel	2	8	0	0	25.00
	Abdur Razzak	lbw b Khan	1	5	0	0	20.00
	Shafiul Islam	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Rubel Hossain	not out	1	6	0	0	16.66
	Extras	(lb 10, w 13, nb 1)	24
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	283	(5.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 ov), 2-129 (Junaid Siddique, 23.1 ov), 3-188 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 ov),4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 ov), 5-248 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 ov), 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 ov),7-275 (Naeem Islam, 46.3 ov), 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 47.6 ov), 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	S Sreesanth	5	0	53	0	10.60	(1nb, 1w)
	Z Khan	10	0	40	2	4.00	(4w)
	MM Patel	10	0	48	4	4.80
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	41	1	4.10	(1w)
	YK Pathan	8	0	49	1	6.12	(2w)
	Yuvraj Singh	7	0	42	0	6.00	(1w)

Match details

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to field Points India 2, Bangladesh 0

Player of the match V Sehwag (India)

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) TV umpire BR Doctrove (West Indies) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

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