Tag: icc world cup 2007

  • World Cup: When Sehwag took revenge for the 2007 defeat in 2011

    2007 World Cup: On March 17, 2007, for the first time the teams of India and Bangladesh faced each other in the World Cup. in the Indian team Sachin TendulkarThere were great batsmen like Ganguly, Sehwag, Dravid, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj, all were sure about India’s victory. In this match played in Port of Spain, India won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian innings collapsed at 191 runs in front of Bangladesh bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza (four wickets), Abdur Razzaq (three wickets) and Mohammad Rafiq (3 wickets). Only Ganguly played an inning of 66 runs and Yuvraj played an inning of 47 runs. Sehwag returned to the pavilion after scoring two runs, Uthappa Nauschin seven, Dravid 14, Dhoni zero runs. Bangladesh won the match by scoring 192 runs for five wickets in 48.3 overs with the help of half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan. Due to this defeat, the Indian team was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup.