Published on 08:54 AM, March 19, 2015

ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015

India beat Bangladesh by 109 runs

Bangladesh batsman Shakib Al Hasan walks off the field after being caught by India's Mohammed Shami during their Cricket World Cup match in Melbourne, March 19, 2015. Photo: Reuters
QUARTERFINAL 2: BANGLADESH VS INDIA
India 302/6 (50 Overs)
Bangladesh 193 (45 Overs)           India won the match by 109 runs

 

Riding on Rohit Sharma's century, India beat Bangladesh by a big margin of 109 runs at Melbourne today to advance into the semifinal of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015.

For Bangladesh it was the first World Cup knockout match in history where they were subjected to "questionable umpiring decisions" working in favour for India.

Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, India made 302 riding on the century of Rohit Sharma, fifty from Suresh Raina and a couple of umpiring decisions going their way.

Credit to Bangladesh bowlers, they could curb down India after the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave a 75-run solid start with a class batting lineup to follow.

The last 15 overs, that included the umpires' eyebrow-raising call to let off Rohit in the 90's on a ball they thought was full toss above waist height, went expensive with 147 runs.

Taskin Ahmed ended with three wickets for Bangladesh in their maiden knockout match of a World Cup and Rubel Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan claiming one apiece.

India   Runs Balls
RG Sharma b Taskin Ahmed 137 126
S Dhawan st †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shakib Al Hasan 30 50
V Kohli c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 3 8
AM Rahane c Shakib Al Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 19 37
SK Raina c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 65 57
MS Dhoni*† c Nasir Hossain b Taskin Ahmed 6 11
RA Jadeja not out 23 10
R Ashwin not out 3 3
Extras  16 Total 302  

Coming down to chase, Bangladesh openers were lost on successive deliveries after Tamim Iqbal was quickfiring for the Tigers.

And yet another umpiring decision that may have gone against Bangladesh was the dismissal of the in-form batsman Mahmudullah on the boundary ropes by Shikhar Dhawan.

Since then, wickets fell on regular intervals and Bangladesh could never really recover and match upto the required scoring rate. In the end, they were packed at 193.

Umesh Yadav was peak of the bowlers with four wickets, Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja two each and Mohit Sharma one. Rohit was player of the match for his ton.

Bangladesh   Runs Balls
Tamim Iqbal c †Dhoni b Yadav 25 25
Imrul Kayes run out (Jadeja/Yadav) 5 14
Soumya Sarkar c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 29 43
Mahmudullah c Dhawan b Mohammed Shami 21 31
Shakib Al Hasan c Mohammed Shami b Jadeja 10 34
Mushfiqur Rahim† c †Dhoni b Yadav 27 43
Sabbir Rahman c Mohammed Shami b Yadav 30 40
Nasir Hossain c Ashwin b Jadeja 35 34
Mashrafe Mortaza* c †Dhoni b MM Sharma 1 3
Rubel Hossain c Ashwin b Yadav 0 3
Taskin Ahmed not out 0 0
Extras  10 Total  193

Bangladesh Team

Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed

India Team

Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (C & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav