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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Netherlands vs India, Match 25 (Final Scorecard) Dhoni amused one and all by not resting bhajji, zaheer and Sachin and bringing out Piyush Chawla once again. Although it had to be a bitter one-sided game, The dutch managed to put up some mild competition but in the end India win by 5 wickets. Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Netherlands, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, Match 25 Toss won by: Netherlands Status : India win by 5 wkts Batted First : Netherlands Batted Second : India Man of the match : Yuvraj Singh (IND)    India: 191 for 5 in 36.3 overs R/R: 5.23   Target: 190 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag c Alexei Kervezee b Pieter Seelaar 39 26 5 2 Sachin Tendulkar c Bradley Kruger b Pieter Seelaar 27 22 6 0 Yusuf Pathan c & b Pieter Seelaar 11 10 1 1 Gautam Gambhir b Mudassar Bukhari 28 28 3 0 Virat Kohli b Peter Borren 12 20 2 0 Yuvraj Singh On Strike 51 73 7 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W) Batting 19 40 2 0 Harbhajan

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Ireland vs India, Match 22 (Final Scorecard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Ireland, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 22 Match Result: India beat Ireland by 5 wickets Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh (IND) Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : Ireland Batted Second : India Ireland: 207 for 10 in 47.5 overs R/R: 4.32 Ireland Batsman Status R B 4's 6's William Porterfield (C) c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh 75 104 6 1 Paul Stirling b Zaheer Khan 0 1 0 0 Ed Joyce c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 4 5 1 0 Niall O'Brien (W) run out (Virat Kohli) 46 78 3 0 Andrew White c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 5 10 0 0 Kevin O'Brien c & b Yuvraj Singh 9 13 1 0 Alex Cusack lbw b Yuvraj Singh 24 30 3 0 John Mooney lbw b Yuvraj Singh 5 17 0 0 Trent Johnston lbw b Munaf Patel 17 20 2 0 George Dockrell c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan 3 10 0 0 Boyd Rankin not out 1 1 0 0 Extras :    18  (b - 0, w - 8, nb - 6, lb - 4, Penalty

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs England, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 11 Toss won by: India Status : England tie with India Batted First : India Batted Second : England Man of the match : Andrew Strauss (ENG) England: 338 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.76   Target: 339 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) lbw b Zaheer Khan 158 145 18 1 Kevin Pietersen c & b Munaf Patel 31 22 5 0 Jonathan Trott lbw b Piyush Chawla 16 19 1 0 Ian Bell c Virat Kohli b Zaheer Khan 69 71 4 1 Paul Collingwood b Zaheer Khan 1 5 0 0 Matt Prior (W) c sub b Harbhajan Singh 4 8 0 0 Michael Yardy c Virender Sehwag b Munaf Patel 13 10 1 0 Tim Bresnan b Piyush Chawla 14 9 0 1 Graeme Swann On Strike 15 9 0 1 Ajmal Shahzad Batting 6 2 0 1 James Anderson Extras :    11  (b - 1, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 7, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/68 (Kevin Pietersen 9.3 ov.), 2/111 (Jonathan Trott 16.4 ov.), 3/281 (Ian Bell 42.4 ov.), 4/281 (Andrew Strauss

India won by 87 runs Man of the match - Virendra Sehwag (175) India ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Bangladesh, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Match 1Toss won by: Bangladesh Status : Innings Break Batted First : India Batted Second : Bangladesh India: 370 for 4 in 50.0 overs R/R: 7.4 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag b Shakib Al Hasan 175 140 14 5 Sachin Tendulkar run out (Shakib Al Hasan) 28 29 4 0 Gautam Gambhir b Mahmudullah 39 39 3 0 Virat Kohli not out 100 83 8 2 Yusuf Pathan c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam 8 10 0 0 Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni (C) (W) Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Sreesanth Munaf Patel Extras :    20  (b - 1, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/69 (Sachin Tendulkar 10.5 ov.), 2/152 (Gautam Gambhir 23.2 ov.), 3/355 (Virender Sehwag 47.3 ov.), 4/370 (Yusuf Pathan 50 ov.) Bowler O M R Wkts W No Econ Shafiul Islam 7 0 69 1 2 1 9.86 Rubel Hossa

Source- Espncricinfo India innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR V Sehwag b Oram 23 30 4 0 76.66 9.1 Oram's removed Sehwag's off stump with the first ball of his spell. Good delivery, but it kept low as a befuddled Sehwag looked back after it went through under his bat. On a length on off stump and Sehwag got marginally forward and looked to guide through the off side. The ball slid under the bat and sent off stump cartwheeling. Oram's pleased with the result. 42/2 SR Tendulkar b Southee 17 23 3 0 73.91 7.3 Southee has silenced Chennai with a full slower ball on middle and off. Sachin initially throught of driving down the ground, then realised it was coming slow and looked to force it through mid on with the bottom hand. It came through too slow even for that shot. It found a way past between bat and pad and disturbed the timber. Lovely delivery. 35/1

Who will win the 2011 Cricket World Cup? India Australia South Africa Pakistan Sri Lanka Westindies England Newzealand Bangladesh Zimbabwe Canada Kenya Netherlands Ireland    pollcode.com free polls India vs Australia (World Cup 2011 - Warmup match 1, Final Scorecard) Source - http://cricketnext.in.com/scorecard/match/full/inau1302.html India Innings Batsman Status Runs Balls 4's 6's Gautam Gambhir   c Cameron White b Doug Bollinger 6 15 1 0 Virender Sehwag   b Jason Krejza 54 56 8 1 Virat Kohli   c David Hussey b John Hastings 21 33 3 0 Yuvraj Singh   c Tim Paine b Mitchell Johnson 1 7 0 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W)   b John Hastings 11 24 1 0 Suresh Raina   c Tim Paine b Brett Lee 12 16 1 0 Yusuf Pathan   c Jason Krejza b David Hussey 32 38 0 2 Harbhajan Singh   b Brett Lee 4 2 1 0 Piyush Chawla   b Brett Lee 0 6 0 0 Ravichandran Ashwin   not out 25 47 2 0 Ashish Nehra   c Jason Krejza b David Hussey 19 24 3 0 Extras :    29  (b - 0, w