India is on crease in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field first against India. For India, pacer Ashish Nehra is not playing in the Group B encounter due to a back injury. The others who have failed to make the final playing XI for India are spinners R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla and batsman Suresh Raina. The Teams: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni ,Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth and Munaf Patel. Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan ,Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim, Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain. When reports last came in India were 188 for 2 in 29 overs.
News On AIR | February 19, 2011 4:01 PM
India-Bangladesh start World Cup fight