India Defeats Bangladeshi Tigers At their Homepitch

India scores overs Bangaldesh avenging the lose of last worldcup. Virendar Sehwag brilliantly-crafted innings of 175 on virtually one leg, as Team India buried Bangladesh under a deluge of runs in the opening match of the 2011 World Cup at the Shere-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Saturday.

Put into bat by Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, the Indian innings was powered by the flamboyant Sehwag and a wonderfully-paced unbeaten century by young Virat Kohli. Bangladesh, left with a mountain to climb after India finished with 370 for four, made a bold attempt to chase down the target, but went down fighting by 87 runs.

Tamim Iqbal (70), Imrul Kayes (34), Junaid Siddique (37) and Shakib (55) kept Bangladhttp://images.theage.com.au/2011/02/20/2193598/svSEHWAG-420x0.jpg

esh in the game till the half-way stage, but the 'Tigers', who had too much to do, kept falling behind the asking rate before fading out.