2011 Cricket World Cup: India vs Bangladesh

February 21, 2011

won the first match of the against  by 87 runs on February 19. The match was played at the  in, Bangladesh.

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first. In the Indian, scored the highest total, 175 runs off 140 balls, his highest one-day international score and  played his debut World Cup match and scored a , while remaining unbeaten on 100.

The first referral of the World Cup came after the 4th ball of the 2nd innings was bowled. India's had bowled a yorker and the umpire declared it not out. referred it to the TV umpire and a replay showed it might have missed the leg stump, so the original decision was upheld. The match marked the debut of the controversial umpire referral system in World Cup cricket.

Indian Innings
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 2-152 (Gambhir, 23.2 ov), 3-355 (Sehwag, 47.3 ov), 4-370 (Pathan, 49.6 ov)

Bangladesh Innings
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 ov), 2-129 (Junaid Siddique, 23.1 ov), 3-188 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 ov), 4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 ov), 5-248 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 ov), 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 ov), 7-275 (Naeem Islam, 46.3 ov), 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 47.6 ov), 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 ov)

Player of the match:

Umpires: (Aus),  (Sri) TV umpire: (West Indies) Match referee: (Sri) Reserve umpire: (Pak)