India won by 87 against Bangladesh

MIR PUR:
ndia 370 for 4 (Sehwag 175, Kohli 100*) beat Bangladesh 283 for 9 (Tamim 70, Shakib 55, Munaf 4-48) by 87 runs
Opener Virender Sehwag overlooked an injury to crash 175 and set up a enormous 87-run win for India in the opening match of the World Cup against co-hosts Bangladesh on Saturday.

Chasing the unbelievable target of scoring nearly seven-and-half runs an over; Bangladesh finished their 50 overs on 283-9 which is still their highest total in a World Cup match.

Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan made 70 and 55 runs respectively but after they departed Bangladesh were not capable to even approach the alarming and ever increasing asking rate.

Pacer Munaf Patel gave India's exhausted pace attack, which undergo a blow ahead of the game with Ashish Nehra missing out following reports of a back injury, a boost by maintain four wickets for 48 runs in the win.

Man-of-the-match Sehwag, flash his second ever World Cup century, made Bangladesh skipper Shakib resentfully lament his decision to bowl first on a easygoing wicket with 14 fours and five sixes.

He added 203 runs with Virat Kohli for the third wicket with the last also completing a century in the final over. He finished on 100 not out off 83 balls in his World Cup debut.

" Sehwag said this is a vengeance game and we actually played well," a beaming man-of-the-match throughout the awarding ceremony while feverish Indian fans blew conch horns around the stands.