India beat Bangladesh by 87 runs in opening match

India beat Bangladesh by 87 runs in the opening match of the 2011 World Cup at Sher-e-Bangla stadium on Saturday.

Brief scores:
India 370-4 (Virender Sehwag 175, Virat Kohli 100 not out) v Bangladesh 283-9 (Tamim Iqbal 70, Shakib Al Hasan 55; Munaf Patel 4-48).
India won by 87 runs

India had earlier made 370-4 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium here on Saturday.

Virender Sehwag top-scored with 175 while Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 100 as India piled up the fifth highest total in World Cup history.

Scoreboard after India's batting innings.

India:V. Sehwag b Shakib 175
S. Tendulkar run out 28
G. Gambhir b Mahmudullah 39
V. Kohli not out 100
Yusuf Pathan c Rahim b Shafiul 8
Extras: (b1, lb2, w16, nb1) 20
Total (for four wickets, 50 overs) 370
Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Tendulkar), 2-152 (Gambhir), 3-355 (Sehwag), 4-370 (Pathan).
Bowling: Shafiul 7-0-69-1 (nb1, w4), Rubel 10-0-60-0 (w5), Razzak 9-0-74-0 (w1), Shakib 10-0-61-1 (w3), Naeem 7-0-54-0, Mahmudullah 7-0-49-1 (w3)
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam.
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (WIS)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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