ICC World Cup 2011: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 notches first ton of event
Stylish India opener Virender Sehwag opened his ICC World Cup 2011 account with a brilliant century against co-hosts Bangladesh in the Cup opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh.
The aggressive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 batsman slammed the first ball of the tournament to the boundary and then carried on to score a belligerent hundred off just 94 deliveries that subdued the boisterous Mirpur crowd.
It was his first ton against the Bengali Tigers and 14th overall in his 228-match One Day International career.
The Bangladesh attack was struggling with their line and length in the grandest ODI of their lives and Sehwag took advantage of the tremendously wayward bowling.
Sehwag managed to get past the 100-run mark with a single behind square off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688 over wide long on.
Sehwag, while talking to the media before start of the match, had said that the side was quite confident of winning the trophy.
“Team is quite confident this time,” said Sehwag. “Since 2007 World Cup game, whenever and wherever we played Bangladesh we have defeated them.”
However, he conceded that the Bengali Tigers can upset any side. He had also said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 want to win the World Cup for the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and for the nation.
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 opted to put India into bat keeping in mind the advantage his batsmen would have from the dew in the night.
But the way the aggressive duo of Virender Sehwag and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 attack, it seemed that they would have to chase something close to 400, which might prove a bit too big for the home side.
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