On the one hand is India - in everybody's list as favourites, having assembled a star-studded line-up, the one-pointed focus of a billion hysterical dreams - and hopefully not feeling buried under the enormous pressure that was always going to be an inevitable by-product of playing the world's biggest tournament in front of the world's most passionate fans.
On the other hand is Bangladesh , who has an impressive giant-killing resume in past World Cups, but remain the underdogs in the opening clash. Bangladesh beat Pakistan in 1999 - a win that led to their eventual Test status - but the victory that is going to be foremost on both teams' minds is the one that happened almost exactly four years ago. On 17th March 2007 , Mashrafe Mortaza picked up 4/38, while Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib al Hasan all hit fifties to knock India out of the previous World Cup.
Of the men who tasted that bitter defeat, a sizeable number have the chance to make amends. Sehwag, Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Zaheer and Munaf Patel were all part of the playing eleven four years ago, and are not likely to ever forget that loss. By the same token, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahriar Nafees, Abdur Razzaq, Mohammad Ahsraful and Shakib al Hasan will have fresh and pleasant memories of the win that propelled them to the second stage of the previous World Cup.
Here are groups:
Group A | Group B |
Teams | Teams |
Netherland |
Telecast Date Teams Start Time EST* Venue
19-Feb Bangladesh v India Mirpur
19-Feb New Zealand v Kenya 11:00 PM Chennai
21-Feb Australia v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
22-Feb England v Netherlands Nagpur
23-Feb Pakistan v Kenya Hambantota
24-Feb South Africa v West Indies 4:00 AM New Delhi
24-Feb Australia v New Zealand Nagpur
25-Feb Bangladesh v Ireland Mirpur
26-Feb Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo
27-Feb India v England Kolkata
27-Feb Zimbabwe v Canada 11:00 PM Nagpur
28-Feb West Indies v Netherlands New Delhi
01-Mar Sri Lanka v Kenya Colombo
02-Mar England v Ireland Bangalore
02-Mar South Africa v Netherlands 11:00 PM Mohali
03-Mar Pakistan v Canada Colombo
03-Mar New Zealand v Zimbabwe 11:00 PM Ahmedabad
04-Mar Bangladesh v West Indies Mirpur
05-Mar Sri Lanka v Australia 4:00 AM Colombo
05-Mar England v South Africa Chennai
06-Mar India v Ireland Bangalore
07-Mar Kenya v Canada New Delhi
08-Mar Pakistan v New Zealand Pallekele
09-Mar India v Netherlands New Delhi
10-Mar Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
10-Mar West Indies v Ireland Mohali
11-Mar Bangladesh v England Chittagong
12-Mar India v South Africa 4:00 AM Nagpur
12-Mar New Zealand v Canada 11:00 PM Mumbai
13-Mar Australia v Kenya 5:00 AM Bangalore
13-Mar Bangladesh v Netherlands Chittagong
14-Mar Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele
15-Mar South Africa v Ireland Kolkata
16-Mar Australia v Canada 5:00 AM Bangalore
17-Mar England v West Indies Chennai
17-Mar Ireland v Netherlands Kolkata
18-Mar Sri Lanka v New Zealand Mumbai
18-Mar Bangladesh v South Africa Mirpur
19-Mar Australia v Pakistan Colombo
19-Mar Zimbabwe v Kenya Kolkata
20-Mar India v West Indies Chennai
23-Mar First quarterfinal Mirpur
24-Mar Second quarterfinal Ahmedabad
25-Mar Third quarterfinal Mirpur
26-Mar Fourth quarterfinal Colombo
29-Mar First semi-final Colombo
30-Mar Second semi-final Mohali
02-Apr Final 5:00 AM Mumbai
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