Sehwag and Kohli sink Bangladesh in opener

Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli gave evidence of the havoc this Indian batting line-up can create during centuries that demoralised Bangladesh's bowlers and set up a convincing victory

Shakib rues profligate fast bowlers

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has held his fast bowlers responsible for making his decision to insert India backfire spectacularly

Debutants and sadistic cheers

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup Group B match between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur

Bangladesh v India, World Cup 2011, Mirpur

Sehwag sizzles in World Cup opener

Normal service restored, somewhat

This was a mighty batting performance by the mightiest batting line-up in the tournament but India have a few crinkles to iron out

Beware of Sehwag 2.0

Today Virender Sehwag gave a glimpse of what can happen if he bats 50 overs in an ODI, and on evidence, the bowlers need to be afraid. Very afraid.

Sehwag and India make amends

Sehwag's best ODI score was just one of the many statistical highlights from the opening match of the World Cup

Bangladesh v India, Group B, Mirpur

Join ESPNcricinfo's commentators for an over-by-over discussion of the opening game of the 2011 World Cup

Bullish Bangladesh ready for battle

A day before Bangladesh kicked off their much-anticipated World Cup campaign, they were visited in the nets by two World Cup heroes

Time for us to do our job - Shakib

Playing at home, Bangladesh's players will expect themselves to put it past at least one of the four big teams and make it to the quarterfinals

Dhoni plays down the pressure factor

The warm-up matches have been done and won but India are among to few teams to start the tournament against an opposition that possesses the wherewithal to knock them over

'I didn't think about the double-century' - Sehwag

Virender Sehwag said he was not aiming to get to a double-century but just wanted to bat out the 50 overs in the World Cup opener in Mirpur