The eleventh edition of ICC world cup 2011 is organized by three south Asian countries India , Srilanka and Bangladesh . The world cup was officially inaugurated in Bangla Bandhu stadium of Dhaka, and the real countdown of world cup had begun after the first played between to organizer India and Bangladesh . As world cup had gone about one week long here I am trying to analyze the week of world cup 2011. Till today all countries had played at least one match and shown their caliber .
First Match between India & Bangladesh :
The match played between India and Bangladesh is known for the brilliant performance by bats man. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field due to due factor, but India made huge total though it lost its key player Sachin early as run out. The day was for Virendra sehwag and he made explosive 175 in 140 ball and he was supported by Virat Kohli 100 of 83 ball. Munaf patel really bowled well and took 4 wicket to restrict Bangladesh just for 283/9 and India stopped the history to occur again by beating Bangladesh by 87 run and man of the match was offcourse Sehwag for his excellent inning.
Second match between Newzland and Kenya :
In the low scoring match in Chepauk Chennai Kenya lost to Newzland with huge margin and no player of Kenya shows any impressive game.Kenya won the toss and elected to bat but the decision turns out to be bad. After demolishing Kenyan batting for just 69 runs, Kiwi openers chased down the target inside 8 overs to register a comprehensive win against the Kenyan side. The man of the match was given to Hamish Bennett of newzland for his excellent bowling. Hamish Bennett took 4 wicket just for 16 run in five over.
Third match between Srilanka and Canada :
In the second match of the day & third match of the tournament again the minnows failed to show any impression as Srilanka beat Canada by huge margin of 210 runs with the help of record breaking century by Mahela Jayawardene. He shoed his batting skilling scoring century in just 81 ball. With the help of his century, Srilanka made 332/7 and on response minnows Canada were all out for 122 in 36.5 over, though Rizwan Cheema shows some struggle in middle order. The man of the match award goes to non other that century boy Mahela jayawardene.
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