Sehwag, Kohli power India to comfortable win

Feb 19, 2011

There was no shortage of excitement before the start of the opening game of the World Cup•Getty Images

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got India off to a rapid start •Associated Press

Once Gambhir fell, Virat Kohli didn't allow the tempo to drop•AFP

Sreesanth's night started with a close lbw appeal ... •AFP

Once MS Dhoni stumped Siddique for 37, Bangladesh started to fall way behind the asking rate•AFP

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field•Getty Images

After Tendulkar fell, Sehwag carried on and reached his half-century off 45 balls•Associated Press

Sehwag blasted his way to a hundred•AFP

... but he was soon taken apart by Imrul Kayes•Getty Images

Shakib tried to keep his team in the game with a quick fifty, but the required rate kept rising•AFP

He found an able ally in Gautam Gambhir who reached 39 in quick time ...•AFP

Kohli got a century too, and India notched up a mammoth 370•AFP

Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique put together a steady partnership after Kayes fell•AFP

Munaf Patel picked up four wickets and India won by 87 runs•AFP