England- England were the last team to arrive in the Sub Continent and they played there first warm up match against Canada yesterday. England did win the game by 19 runs but it wasnt an very convincing victory for England. Broad was the star with the bowl and the bat as he took 5 wickets with the bowl and scored 22 runs with the bat. Other players to preform well for England were Trott hitting 57 and Prior hitting 78 runs.
The bowling by Canada was good and the wickets were shared out as England were bowled out for 243 runs. Canada star player with the bat was Cheema who scored 93 off 71 bowls and hit 10 fours and 5 sixes. Hit main support was Chauhan who hit 44 and Surkari who hit 22 but Canada fell just short of the mark. Encouragement for Canada but for England a lot of work still to be done. Next and final preparation match is against Pakistan tomorrow.
India- India played there final warm up match against New Zealand before they take center stage against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Saturday. India hit a massive 360 in there 50 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. The star performers were Dhoni with 108 NO, Gambhir 89, Kohli and Raina chipped in with 50ts. Tendulkar made his come back but was out for 17 runs.
New Zealand started there chase well with McCullum hitting 58 Guptill hitting 38 and Ryder giving good company at 3 with 32 but there was no one who played a full 50 over innings to even get close to the target. No one else hit over 30 runs in the innings and at the end were bowled out for 243. That was a 117 run win for India.
India will go to the opening match with a lot of confidence and will carry the favorites tag. It will have a lot of media pressure back home but it is one of the most complete Indian teams for a long time. For Tendulkar it will be hopefully a fairy tail final world cup for him as it is hosted in his country and the final will be hosted at his home town. It is now set for an great cricket world cup.
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