Bangladesh v India

It took Yuvraj Singh 18 assurance to disengage 10 overs' adamantine assignment by Bangladesh that had pulled India aback afterwards addition solid alpha from Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma. It took Pragyan Ojha bristles assurance to disengage their eight overs of befitting clip with a annealed absolute and eventually India became the aboriginal ancillary in this clash to auspiciously defend.

The brittle complete from Yuvraj's bat resonated consistently at Trent Bridge, with sixes aerial actuality and there as India managed 59 runs in their aftermost four overs. Ojha came on and removed Junaid Siddique and Shakib Al Hasan in his aboriginal over, afterwards which a able hunt stumbled.

If the defining moments of this Group A bout were accessible to identify, it was adamantine to not recognise the adamantine assignment Bangladesh put in to break in the bout and force India to appear up with article special. The bout started with Gambhir and Rohit continuing to ensure that India didn't absence the afflicted Virender Sehwag.

Rohit batted like a acclimatized Twenty20 opener and took allegation afterwards Gambhir had got off to a quick alpha with a square-cut abuttals off the additional brawl of the match. The aboriginal brawl he faced today, he leant into a good-length and buttery Mashrafe Mortaza through added cover. Bangladesh were afraid about application their spinners in the Powerplays, and Rohit capitalised on the medium-pace advancing on to his bat. He collection able-bodied off either foot, abrupt off his pads, and played alone one advance shot.

Although Gambhir slowed down, India accomplished 54 in the aboriginal six overs, with Rohit scoring 32 off 18. Mohammad Ashraful anon alien spin, and Rohit got out aggravating to boss them.

MS Dhoni came out aboriginal drop, but at the aforementioned time Shakib slowed things down, giving the batsmen no clip to assignment with. Shakib was aberrant with his control, authoritative abiding India backward in that alliance access for a ample period.

Shakib's three-over spell went for 17 and included Rohit's wicket, and India managed alone 44 - with one seix and one four - amid the seventh and 13th over. Mortaza came aback to basin one added bound over, and the burden resulted in Dhoni's wicket in the abutting over. With Shakib finishing off strongly, India had got alone 62 runs in the average 10 overs. Gambhir managed a laboured 50 off 46 balls.

But Yuvraj agitated out an advance that bankrupt Bangladeshi hearts - and resistance. Aloof like lightning he addled afterwards seven quiet deliveries. He took an absorbing Naeem Islam for back-to-back sixes, and one added two assurance later. He accustomed Rubel Hossain aback with a six and after boundaries afore actuality absolved for 41 off 18.

Bangladesh afresh clawed their way back, befitting Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan quiet. Rubel had bowled a superb aboriginal bisected of the 20th over, giving abroad alone two and charwoman up Raina. But in absolved Irfan Pathan and smote a six and a four to column a arduous total.

That final advance wasn't abundant to collapse Bangladesh's confidence. Tamim Iqbal and Siddique came out swinging, tasting some success adjoin the left-arm aperture bowlers, Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan. Both the bowlers bowled length, and that's area best Bangladeshi batsmen adulation it. Especially amazing was Siddique's access - he pulled the aboriginal brawl he played for six.

In the aboriginal two overs Bangladesh got 20, and although Tamim fell to Yusuf in the third, Siddique didn't apathetic down. He hit Zaheer for back-to-back boundaries, and afresh Yusuf for a six afore Ashraful got out in an adverse address in the sixth over. He played a crunching cover-drive off Ishant Sharma, abetment away, but begin Gambhir at cover.

Out came Bangladesh's best player, Shakib, but it was Siddique who kept the clip up alike as Shakib looked to rebuild. He set the calendar by dispatch out and hitting Harbhajan Singh for a six in his aboriginal over. Once again, aloof back it seemed Bangladesh had done able-bodied to break with India, the arresting champions produced addition game-breaker: Ojha, authoritative his Twenty20 all-embracing debut.