India vs Bangladesh : 1st match of the ICC World Cup 2011

[Mansanpk2009]

Victory in the match against Bangladesh though can be rejoiced and taken as a matter of pride from the point of view of India but judging the performance over all can expose the fact that India would always require similar kind of heavy score to defend that easily. Otherwise an average team like Bangladesh pounded 280 against the so called A grade bowling attack that India has in its armory. The way Tamim, Zunaid and Shakib thrashed the Indian bowling attack, it can be said that big teams like England and South Africa would find Indian attack less lethal and less aggressive. We should also understand that England's bowlers are not minnows in any way and i might doubt that in the coming matches India would find itself struggling to even make it to final four from its group.

 

[lionheart1]

Victory in the match against Bangladesh though can be rejoiced and taken as a matter of pride from the point of view of India but judging the performance over all can expose the fact that India would always require similar kind of heavy score to defend that easily. Otherwise an average team like Bangladesh pounded 280 against the so called A grade bowling attack that India has in its armory. The way Tamim, Zunaid and Shakib thrashed the Indian bowling attack, it can be said that big teams like England and South Africa would find Indian attack less lethal and less aggressive. We should also understand that England's bowlers are not minnows in any way and i might doubt that in the coming matches India would find itself struggling to even make it to final four from its group.

our batting stood like a fort , at night there was a due on the ground which made bowling even harder , from now on all the matches will be played in India and we know how to prepare the wicket for our bowlers, we defended 214 against Australia.

but why all (even your Imran khan ) calling India as the favourites

 

[Kinetic]

In today's match India proved that they have probbaly the best batting side in the tournament

but their bowling will remain a worrying part... (and honestly speaking very poor bowling)

Yes, we definitely need to look into the bowling side. We have some excellent bowlers like Zaheer and Bhajji backed by Punaf and Chawla etc. Looking forward..... I think they will do better in the upcoming matches....

 

[Punjabbi Munda]

is this the second highest score in World cup ever???The highest was also India's??against Bermuda??
Please some 1 ??!

 

[Trichy]

Victory in the match against Bangladesh though can be rejoiced and taken as a matter of pride from the point of view of India but judging the performance over all can expose the fact that India would always require similar kind of heavy score to defend that easily. Otherwise an average team like Bangladesh pounded 280 against the so called A grade bowling attack that India has in its armory. The way Tamim, Zunaid and Shakib thrashed the Indian bowling attack, it can be said that big teams like England and South Africa would find Indian attack less lethal and less aggressive. We should also understand that England's bowlers are not minnows in any way and i might doubt that in the coming matches India would find itself struggling to even make it to final four from its group.

first of all dont say silly! The pitch offers nothing to both team bowlers. And next dont say england bowling is super duper. They marginally win against canada by 16 runs, even there are still 25odd balls left. So stop your chantings.

 

[Trichy]

is this the second highest score in World cup ever???The highest was also India's??against Bermuda??
Please some 1 ??!

this is not the second highest score in wc. This is India's 3 highest score in Wc.

 

[Punjabbi Munda]

this is not the second highest score in wc. This is India's 3 highest score in Wc.

then what is the highest score in the world cup history???

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

then what is the highest score in the world cup history???

India V Bermuda 2007 world cup..India scored 412

Regarding the performance of Indian bowlers apart from Sreesanth everyone performed well.

Take dew into consideration and after the first 10 overs the Bangladeshis never had a chance.

 

[JanjaWeed]

Victory in the match against Bangladesh though can be rejoiced and taken as a matter of pride from the point of view of India but judging the performance over all can expose the fact that India would always require similar kind of heavy score to defend that easily. Otherwise an average team like Bangladesh pounded 280 against the so called A grade bowling attack that India has in its armory. The way Tamim, Zunaid and Shakib thrashed the Indian bowling attack, it can be said that big teams like England and South Africa would find Indian attack less lethal and less aggressive. We should also understand that England's bowlers are not minnows in any way and i might doubt that in the coming matches India would find itself struggling to even make it to final four from its group.

that's an absurd diagnosis of indian bowling. when you have a score like 370 on the board, bowlers tend to relax & take more chances wih their bowling n fielding. it's the same bunch of bowlers who successfully defended a score of 180 against south africa in south africa just a few weeks ago. then there is a pitch which offers nothing to the bowlers. don't forget.. the most lethal bowling attack at the time, australia gave away record number of one day runs just a few years ago against south africa, still australia went ahead & won the world cup following year. so.. it's just a bad day for indian bowlers.. good thing is.. they still won it with huge margin & that's what counts!!

 

[Mirza Jatt]

In today's match India proved that they have probbaly the best batting side in the tournament

but their bowling will remain a worrying part... (and honestly speaking very poor bowling)

i strongly disagree. i would rather say the bowling line up isa good one, just not as much strong as their batting.

and about the bolwing...its the same bowling which restricted australia within the score of 215 to win that match in chennai just last week...dont forget the pitch was a batting pitch with less help to bowlers.

 

[Skull and Bones]

i strongly disagree. i would rather say the bowling line up isa good one, just not as much strong as their batting.

and about the bolwing...its the same bowling which restricted australia within the score of 215 to win that match in chennai just last week...dont forget the pitch was a batting pitch with less help to bowlers.

That was a warm up match, obviously it will lack the enthusiasm of a real one-day'er.
Bowling was quite good actually except the Shrishant part, BD really struggled for runs in the latter part of the innings.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

That was a warm up match, obviously it will lack the enthusiasm of a real one-day'er.
Bowling was quite good actually except the Shrishant part, BD really struggled for runs in the latter part of the innings.

I think even when you go into a warm up match , you are there with a mentality of winning the match....and give your 100%.

 

[Skull and Bones]

I think even when you go into a warm up match , you are there with a mentality of winning the match....and give your 100%.

Obviously every match played you play are meant to win, but practice and warm up matches are opportunities to try out new tactics and players.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

Obviously every match played you play are meant to win, but practice and warm up matches are opportunities to try out new tactics and players.

thats right. but that match proved, India's bowling is not as weak as it is being tried to be portrayed here. even if it was a practice match, autralia gave enough resistance.

 

[Areesh]

...dont forget the pitch was a batting pitch with less help to bowlers.

Batting pitch??? Lolzzz

Ponting, Dhoni turn on poor pitch

BANGALORE: Ricky Ponting has played 352 one-day internationals. So when he says he hasn't seen a turning pitch like this for a long while, it should raise the alarm.

Not for the ICC, whose World Cup tournament director Ratnakar Shetty has already admitted he's keen to see India go a long way in the six-week event co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

For Australia, who lost their four middle-order batsmen - Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey and Callum Ferguson - to spin for a combined total of 12 runs in Sunday's warm-up game against India in Bangalore.

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Ponting slammed the pitch as ''under-prepared'', wondering aloud if he would encounter more turning decks like this one. Chasing 215 to win, Australia were bowled out for 176 in 37.5 overs with only Ponting himself (57) having a major impact.

''I don't remember the last one-day wicket I've played on that spun that much,'' Ponting said. ''This one looked a bit under-prepared. Both teams lost constant wickets, and it spun a lot in the second innings. Maybe they wanted to keep it nice and grassy for the tournament. Hopefully as the tournament goes on, we will get better wickets than this one.

''We know that as the tournament goes on, we could get wickets like this. We have to find a way to win in tough conditions.''

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also keen to avoid a repeat of the Bangalore pitch, even though it gave his spin bowlers, Piyush Chawla and Harbhajan Singh, the chance to take 7-46 between them.

''I hope we will not get the same wickets in the coming games. It is not possible to win every toss, and it is difficult to chase anything over 230 on such wickets,'' he said. ''If it is turning less then, even if we lose the toss, we get a fair opportunity. It was a tough wicket to bat on.''

The reactions of Ponting and Dhoni come after South Africa skipper Graeme Smith also hit out at what he labelled an under-prepared pitch for his side's eight-wicket win on Saturday in a warm-up game against Zimbabwe.

''It probably suited [the spinners],'' Smith said. ''The wicket probably helped them a little bit being, I think, maybe a bit under-prepared … [It] was pretty slow and dead. I hope the wickets are better prepared for the World Cup proper as coming to those games the wickets will get a lot more attention.''

On Sunday, against pace, Australia surged to 1-52 after eight overs. When spin was introduced, however, Australia lost 9-124 in the next 29.5 overs. The spinners were so dominant that Indian pace trio Ashish Nehra, S. Sreesanth and Munaf Patel were not used beyond that new-ball period.

Ponting's pitch comments were not an attempt to deflect blame for the loss, however, and he insisted India's target of 215 was achievable and that batsmen ''have got to find a way … to combat good spin bowling in tough conditions like that''.

''Hopefully some of our younger guys in our middle-order batting can learn a little bit today about starting in tough conditions like we had [on Sunday night],'' he said.

The absence of Mike Hussey or his mooted replacement, Shaun Marsh, from Australia's squad means there are no left-handers among the specialist batsmen, with Mitchell Johnson likely to be the only leftie. Having so many right-handers on Sunday night allowed the Indian spinners to settle in to a consistent pitching line.

When the Australian squad left for the World Cup, the main question mark was over Ponting. Within five days, the captain has shed doubts about his fitness with the bat and in the field and, on Sunday night's evidence, has also gone some way to remedying his summer-long form slump with a season-best 57.

''My finger was fine, I got through OK,'' he said. ''It was nice to spend some time in the middle.''

Ponting, Dhoni turn on poor pitch