New Zealand v Kenya 2011 World Cup Live Score at Chennai - NZL v KEN CWC 2nd Match Live Commentary

In the 2nd game of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, minnows Kenya and New Zealand in a Group A, 1st game of Sunday, 20th February, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, in a day game starting from 04:00 GMT, 09:30 local, 09:30 IST.

New Zealand will be favorite to win this game and take lead in their group but Kenya are capable of doing an upset.

New Zealand vs Kenya World Cup 2nd Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

India v Bangladesh 2011 Cricket World Cup 1st Match Photos - Sehwag Man of th Match

India easily beat Bangladesh by 87 runs in the opening game of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup as Sehwag got Man of the Match for his 175 runs while Kohli also hit unbeaten 100 runs and Munaf Patel took 4 wickets.

IND v BAN 2011 CWC 1st Match Result - Sehwag, Kohli & Munaf stars in India's 87 runs win

Title favorite India started their hunt for 2011 World Cup very well with a huge 87 runs win over c0-host Bangladesh in the opening game on Saturday, 19th February, 2011 at Mirpur. IND made 370/4 in 50 overs and BAN made 283/9 in 50 overs.

India started well with 69 runs for the 1st wicket and Sehwag 175 runs off 140 balls with 14 fours and 5 sixes and Virat Kohli 100 not out off 83 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes took the match away with 203 runs in 24 overs and set a huge total.

Bangladesh also stared well with 56 runs in 7 overs but Munaf Patel who took 4 wickets and Harbhajan bowled brilliantly and dried up the runs and they were always behind the run rate.

Match Summary:

India - 370/4 in 50 overs (Sehwag 175, Kohli 100*)

Bangladesh - 283/9 in 50 overs (Tamim 70, Shakib 55, Munaf 4-48)

Toss - Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl.

Man of the Match - Virender Sehwag (India)

Result - India won by 87 runs.

Points - India 2, Bangladesh 0

India vs Bangladesh World Cup 2011 1st Match Live Score Card at Dhaka - IND v BAN 2011 CWC Opening Game Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live scorecard with ball by ball commentary of the opening match of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup between India and Bangladesh on Saturday, 19th February, 2011 at Mirpur, in a day-night game will start from 2.00 PM IST.

India vs Bangladesh World Cup 1st Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

India v Bangladesh 2011 CWC 1st Match Preview at Mirpur - IND v BAN Cricket World Cup Opening Match Teams

The wait for the start of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup is finally going to be over with the opening match between hosts India and Bangladesh on Saturday, 19th February, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, in a day-night game starting from 08:30 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:00 IST.

India is overwhelming title favorite to lift the World Cup 2nd time and MS Dhoni's team will have extra pressure to deliver and fulfill billions of dream. Sehwag and Tendulkar will open the inning after a long time as Gambhir will play at 3rd place and Virat Kohli may pick ahead of Raina for the 4th position as he is in great touch. Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni have to give pace in the middle and then its upto Yusuf Pathan to end the inning on the high. Indian bowling is little touchy but the return of Zaheer Khan will give them a good chance and it is interesting to see if Chawla or Ashwin get a chance.

Bangladesh eliminated India in the last world cup in West Indies and they will try to repeat it as the excpectaions from this Bangladesh team is very high which was noticed during opening ceremony. Shakib Al Hasan is leading the team really well and they are capable of doing any upset.

Indian Playing 11 for the opening game at Mirpur:

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli/Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Bangladesh Playing 11 for the opening game at Mirpur:

Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain