Tenth edition of ICC world cup 2011 had officially begun but the real excitement will start at 08:30 GMT or 14:30 Local time in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,Dhaka, with a capacity of 25,000 seats where two co host will try to find the glory for their team and country. India who lost their last game against Bangladesh in the last edition of World Cup in carribean will search for the revenge when they take on host Bangladesh in front of their supportive home crowd. Bangladesh ensured India 's early exit in the first round of the 2007 tournament Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is determined to avoid any repeat on the subcontinent.
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
This time M.S.Dhoni team is much different than it was in 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid or we can say the Greg Chappel who divided the team in more than two parts which resulted in an early exit from the tournament. However, this time around the teams look more solid and eager to win than before.
There is no problem in batting line up as India’s team is made of up the best batsman of the world consisting of little master Sachin tTendulakr, explsove Birenra Sehawag and inform Gautam Gambhir in top order, while Virat Kohli, Raina , Yuvraj, Dhoni and Yusuf pathan are back bone if the opener failed. Even harbhajan and Zaheer can bat well when needed.
Night View of stadium |
The pace attack led by Zaheer Khan may have to work hard and give some easy work to the spinners. Anyway India has very good bowling attack and the spinners can bring magical win as we have already seen that in warm up match against Australia .
Indian team who is carrying the hopes of billion on their shoulder needs to perform as per their potential to make the hopes of billions count in their opening game against Bangladesh .
Pitch & Conditions
The Pitch at Mirpur is likely to get support spinners and will also provide some help to the fat bowlers. Team winning the toss is likely to bat first and put runs in excess of 275 on the board to put pressure on the opposition.
Likely Playing XI for both Time)
On the other hand India have already decided on the playing XI with Virat Kohli is in prime form they are likely to go with him that means Suresh Raina will heat the bench against the much awaited World Cup inaugural game. In the bowling department Zaheer Khan is likely to lead the pace attack along with Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel with Harbhajan Singh leading the spin department along with spinning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan.
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (Captain & WK), Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.
Indian cricket team for ICC World cup 2011 |
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.
Bangladesh Cricket Team for ICC world cup 2011 |
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