Cricket World Cup 2007 – Come Play! – Bangladesh vs India
Congrats!! Bangladesh played very well against India and won their first match on ‘Cricket World Cup 2007′! It’s the most glorious day for Bangladeshis. Again Bangladesh Cricket Team proved they are now matured team. Next time think again before call them ‘Under Dog’ 
Remarkably, most of the player that did the work for them were in their teens!
The News – Famous win for Bangladesh against India!
Fifties from Mushfiqur Rahim, Saqibul Hasan and Tamim Iqbal took Bangladesh to a famous win over India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
They won handsomely with 5 wickets in hand and after having outplayed India in both bowling and batting.
After bundling India out for 191, the Bangladeshis produced a spectacular opening gambit, attacking India’s bowlers and taking the initiative so firmly that it stayed with them through the match. Mushfiqur Rahim was there at the end, unbeaten.
Source & More: Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2007
INDIA v BANGLADESH, 8th ODI – Score Card
| Series | World Cup 2007 |
| Venue | Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain – Trinidad |
| Date | Saturday, March 17, 2007 |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (PAK), Steve Davis (AUS) and Ian Howell (RSA) |
| Referee | Alan Hurst (AUS) |
Match Details
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India: 191/10 (49.3) R/R: 3.86 |
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Bangladesh: 192/5 (48.3) R/R: 3.96 |
| End of play |
| Bangladesh beat India by 5 wickets |
| Man of the Match: Mashrafe Mortaza |
| Bangladesh 192/5 | ||||||
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Tamim Iqbal | c MS Dhoni b M Patel | 51 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 96.23 |
| Shahriar Nafees | lbw b Z Khan | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (W) | not out | 56 | 107 | 3 | 2 | 52.34 |
| Aftab Ahmed | lbw b M Patel | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Saqibul Hasan | st MS Dhoni b V Sehwag | 53 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 61.63 |
| Habibul Bashar (C) | st MS Dhoni b V Sehwag | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | not out | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 34.78 |
| Mohammad Rafiq | ||||||
| Mashrafe Mortaza | ||||||
| Abdur Razzak | ||||||
| Syed Rasel | ||||||
| b: 0, lb: 1, nb: 8, wd: 4 | extras: 13 | |||||
| Bangladesh: 192/5 in 48.3 overs, Run Rate: 3.96 | ||||||
| Bowling (India) | |||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | E/R |
| Zaheer Khan | 9 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.56 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.1 |
| Munaf Patel | 8.3 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.59 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Virender Sehwag | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Power Play (India) | |||||||
| p1: 1-10 | |||||||
| p2: 11-15 | |||||||
| p3: 16-20 | |||||||
| Fall of Wickets (Bangladesh) | |||
| Wk. | On | Who fell | Over |
| 1 | 24 | Shahriar Nafees | 4.2 |
| 2 | 69 | Tamim Iqbal | 13.2 |
| 3 | 79 | Aftab Ahmed | 16 |
| 4 | 163 | Saqibul Hasan | 38.4 |
| 5 | 175 | Habibul Bashar | 42.2 |
| India 191/10 | ||||||
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Sourav Ganguly | c A Razzak b M Rafiq | 66 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 51.16 |
| Virender Sehwag | b M Mortaza | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Robin Uthappa | c A Ahmed b M Mortaza | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | c M Rahim b A Razzak | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.92 |
| Rahul Dravid (C) | lbw b M Rafiq | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Yuvraj Singh | c H Bashar b A Razzak | 47 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 81.03 |
| MS Dhoni (W) | c A Ahmed b M Rafiq | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | b A Razzak | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajit Agarkar | c M Rahim b M Mortaza | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zaheer Khan | not out | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 88.24 |
| Munaf Patel | c A Razzak b M Mortaza | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| b: 0, lb: 5, nb: 8, wd: 3 | extras: 16 | |||||
| India: 191/10 in 49.3 overs, Run Rate: 3.86 | ||||||
| Bowling (Bangladesh) | |||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | E/R |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 9.3 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Syed Rasel | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 |
| Abdur Razzak | 10 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
| Saqibul Hasan | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 |
| Mohammad Rafiq | 10 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Power Play (Bangladesh) | |||||||
| p1: 1-10 | |||||||
| p2: 11-15 | |||||||
| p3: 16-20 | |||||||
| Fall of Wickets (India) | |||
| Wk. | On | Who fell | Over |
| 1 | 6 | Virender Sehwag | 2.1 |
| 2 | 21 | Robin Uthappa | 6.4 |
| 3 | 40 | Sachin Tendulkar | 15 |
| 4 | 72 | Rahul Dravid | 24.1 |
| 5 | 157 | Yuvraj Singh | 42.4 |
| 6 | 158 | Sourav Ganguly | 43.2 |
| 7 | 159 | MS Dhoni | 43.5 |
| 8 | 159 | Harbhajan Singh | 44.2 |
| 9 | 159 | Ajit Agarkar | 45.1 |
| 10 | 191 | Munaf Patel | 49.3 |
Playing XI:
India: Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid (C), Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (W), Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel
Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (C), Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (W), Mohammad Rafiq, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel
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