BANGLADESH WINS TOSS, OPTS TO FIELD AGAINST INDIA IN OPENING MATCH OF WORLD CUP

Bangladesh captain
Shakib Al Hasan won the toss
and elected to field against
India in the World Cup
tournament opener at the
Mirpur Stadium on Saturday.

India decided to field three
pace bowlers in Zaheer
Khan, Shantakumaran
Sreesanth and Munaf Patel.
Harbhajan Singh is the only
specialist spinner in the side.

Bangladesh deployed two
left-arm spinners, captain
Hasan and Abdur Razzak.
The only previous World Cup
clash between the two teams
was at Port of Spain in 2007,
when Bangladesh scored a
shock five-wicket win in a
group match that led to
India’s early exit from the
tournament.

India and Bangladesh are
with England, South Africa,
West Indies, Ireland and
Netherlands in Group B. Four
teams from the group will
advance to the quarterfinals.

Lineups:

India:

Virender Sehwag,
Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam
Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj
Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(captain), Yusuf Pathan,
Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer
Khan, Shantakumaran
Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.

Bangladesh:

Tamim Iqbal,
Imrul Kayes, Zunaed
Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim,
Shakib Al Hasan (capt),
Raqibul Hassan,
Mahmudullah Riad, Naeem
Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul
Islam, Rubel Hossain.

Umpires:

Steve Davis,
Australia, and Kumar
Dharmasena, Sri Lanka.

TV umpire:

Billy Doctrove,
West Indies.

Match referee:

Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka.