Editorial
The expected has happened
Bangladesh should hit winning streak
We would like to dwell a little on country Bangladesh and team Bangladesh to make our first point. The country Bangladesh came through with éclat and flying colours for the magnificent opening of the World Cup. Then followed the preparations for the opening encounter between India and Bangladesh which impeccably marked the beginning of the World Cup Cricket, 2011. On the match day, traffic and entry into the stadium were managed well with due diligence as inside of the stadium wore a colourful, impressive look.
As for team Bangladesh, we would keep speculating whether on winning the toss we should have gone for fielding first. The options must have been discussed for the umpteenth time but when came the chips down we went against our own cricket history. Empirically, many a captain faced disastrous consequences for opting to field first. If we had batted first given our batting strength we could have amassed 260 at least and India would have been put to a difficult test coming second. Thus the decision to field first is questionable.
But this is not to take away any of the credit for a massive total of 370/4 from the Indian side. Sehwag and Kohli scored centuries with their entertaining and splendid batting. Bangladesh's bowling except for occasional sparks in the spin department was rather dismal. The deficit in pace bowling proved glaring. Ground fielding was on the whole good.
What was expected has happened, although we had built our hopes on our victory in the last World Cup against India. But just as Bangladesh has become an improved side so has Indian team emerged at the top of the world pecking order.
What the cricket-loving Bangladeshis would like to see happen now is that she does not lose against any of the modest sides, rather fall on a winning streak. Then consolidate from there on.
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