In a bid to defend their T20 World Cup title,
Indian cricket team made a good start to the 2009 ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Winning the toss, Indian skipper
MS Dhoni chose to bat first.
Rohit Sharma and
Gautam Gambhir gave a good start to the Indian innings before Rohit Sharma departed for 36 runs.
Yuvraj Singh played a quick cameo and scored 41 runs in just 18 balls to lift India to 180 runs. In response,
Bangladesh started off well, but
Pragyan Ojha who had a good series in the IPL 2009 took 4 wickets for 21 runs to win the match for India.
India: 180/5 (20.0 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 50(46), Yuvraj Singh 41(18), Rohit Sharma 36(23),
Naeem Islam 2/32
Bangladesh: 155/8 (20.0 overs)
Junaid Siddique 41(22), Naeem Islam 28(17), Pragyan Ojha 4/21
Result: India beat Bangladesh by 25 runs
Player of the match: Pragyan Ojha
