Indians have started their title defense in great style here, beating the giant killers comprehensively. After getting 180, they always had an upper hand but Bangladesh is a side that is highly unpredictable. The way Tamim and Junaid started, it looked we might have a contest but the early blow from Yusuf and subsequent blows from Pragyan Ojha, put Bangladesh on the backfoot. They got to a point of no return and India got home with ease. Stay connected for the post match updates…

Ojha says that he has had experience of playing in English conditions at club level. So he didn’t really mind the cold conditions much. It was pretty cold out there and gripping the ball and tweaking it was not very easy. He treasures this debut and look forward to carrying on.

Dhoni says that it was good to have got the runs even after he and Gauti got stuck in the middle overs. The ball was not coming onto the bat and he was confident of defending 180 as he had 2 spinners in the side.

Ashraful thinks that they did not really bat well. Their bowlers could not finish the innings well either. He seems confident of beating Ireland and making it to the Super 8s though.

ICC World Twenty20, 2009 India vs Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 6, 2009

Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Nigel Llong (Eng) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 25 runs

Batting: Bangladesh Innings

Batsmen Bangladesh (155/8 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Tamim Iqbal st M Dhoni b Y Pathan 15 10 3 0 150.00 Junaid Siddique c H Singh b P Ojha 41 22 2 3 186.36 Mohammad Ashraful (c) c G Gambhir b I Sharma 11 9 1 0 122.22 Shakib Al Hasan c M Dhoni b P Ojha 8 10 0 0 80.00 Mohammad Mahmudullah c Y Singh b P Ojha 8 13 0 0 61.54 Raqibul Hasan c P Ojha b Z Khan 16 20 1 0 80.00 Mashrafe Mortaza b P Ojha 11 8 0 1 137.50 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) not out 11 11 1 0 100.00 Naeem Islam c Y Singh b I Sharma 28 17 0 3 164.71 Shahadat Hossain not out 0 0 0 0 0.00 Rubel Hossain Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6 Total:(155 for 8 in 20 overs) 155 Run Rate: 7.75

Fall Of Wickets

1/24 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.3 ov.), 2/55 (Mohammad Ashraful, 5.4 ov.), 3/74 (Shakib Al Hasan, 8.1 ov.), 4/77 (Junaid Siddique, 8.5 ov.), 5/95 (Mohammad Mahmudullah, 12.4 ov.), 6/111 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 14.4 ov.), 7/121 (Raqibul Hasan, 16.2 ov.), 8/154 (Naeem Islam, 19.5 ov.)

Bowling: India

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 3 0 26 1 0 2 8.7 Irfan Pathan 2 0 20 0 0 1 10.0 Yusuf Pathan 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.7 Ishant Sharma 4 0 34 2 0 0 8.5 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.2 Pragyan Ojha 4 0 21 4 0 0 5.2

Batting: India Innings

Batsmen India (180/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Gautam Gambhir c S Hasan b N Islam 50 46 4 0 108.70 Rohit Sharma b S Hasan 36 23 3 2 156.52 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) (wk) b N Islam 26 21 0 1 123.81 Yuvraj Singh c T Iqbal b S Hossain 41 18 3 4 227.78 Suresh Raina b R Hossain 10 8 1 0 125.00 Yusuf Pathan not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Irfan Pathan not out 11 3 1 1 366.67 Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Pragyan Ojha Ishant Sharma Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 0, lb – 0 5 Total:(180 for 5 in 20 overs) 180 Run Rate: 9.00

Fall Of Wickets

1/59 (Rohit Sharma, 7.2 ov.), 2/112 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 14.3 ov.), 3/140 (Gautam Gambhir, 16.6 ov.), 4/157 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.1 ov.), 5/169 (Suresh Raina, 19.3 ov.)

Bowling: Bangladesh

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.2 Rubel Hossain 4 0 49 1 0 3 12.2 Shahadat Hossain 3 0 31 1 0 1 10.3 Mohammad Mahmudullah 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5 Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 24 1 0 1 6.0 Naeem Islam 3 0 32 2 0 0 10.7