Team India got their title defence off to a splendid start by posintg a convincing win over giant killers Bangladesh.
Yuvraj, Ojha were the star in India's victory.Yuvraj Singh's four sixes and Pragyan Ojha's four wickets saw defending champions India to a comfortable 25-run victory against Bangladesh in their opening Group A match in the ICC World Twenty20 championship at Trent Bridge.Gautam Gambhir cracking 50 while Yuvraj Singh hit a blistering 41 off 18 balls, including four sixes and three fours. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha then claimed four wickets, giving away just 21 runs, to wreck the Bangladesh batting order and stop them at 155 for eight..Earlier, Gambhir and Rohit Sharma (36), who opened the batting in absence of injured Virender Sehwag, scored 59 runs for ths first wicket.Rohit, who smashed three boundaries and two sixes, was bowled by Shakib after surviving a stumping chance off the previous delivery.Dhoni (26) and Gambhir added 53 runs for the second wicket, but when the former he was bowled by Naeem (2-32), India had only 112 runs to show in the 15th over.It was Yuvraj's breathtaking knock that helped India smash 59 runs in the last four overs.Irfan Pathan (11) hit a four and a six off the last three deliveries he faced.
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