Biggest upset day in cricket world cup history

17th March 2007 was the day of upsets in cricket world cup history. Bangladesh won over India by 5 wickets and the biggest upset produce by Ireland beating Pakistan by 3 wickets and Pakistan is now out of the tournament. India still have chance to make come back if they win rest of the 2 games by big margins.

India lost to Bangladesh

This was the 8th Match of ICC World Cup 2007 Bangladesh v India played at Port of Spain, Trinidad , on 17 March 2007. An all rounder performance from Bangladesh and very very poor batting by India lead to a comprehensive win to Bangladesh. Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first. The damage continue from the begaining of an indian innings till Yuvraj Singh and Ganguly rescue the innings. Mashrafe Mortaza produced initial break through and Syed Rasel on the other end was giving superb support. Poor batting preformace from Sehwag continue and he back on just 2 runs and then india lost Uthappa, Tendulkar, Dravid and collapsed to 72/4 in 24 overs. Then slow but solid batting from Ganguly and some handsome knock from Yuvraj Singh added valuable 85. Then there was dramtic collapse, India lost 5 wickets in just 3 runs gap from 157/4 to 159/9. Then the useful inning from Munaf and Zaheer take india to some defendable total of 191. Mashrafe Mortaza played main role by 38/4 and Mohammad Rafique and Abdur Razzak took 3 wickets each.

India Batting: SC Ganguly 66, V Sehwag 2, AR Uthappa 9, SR Tendulkar 7, R Dravid 14, Yuvraj Singh 47, MS Dhoni 0, Harbhajan 0, AB Agarkar 0, Z Khan 15*, MM Patel 15

Bangladesh Bolwing: Mashrafe Mortaza 38/4,Syed Rasel 31/0,Abdur Razzak 38/3,Saqibul Hasan 44/0,Mohammad Rafique 35/3

In reply Bangladesh start was not good when they lose Shahriar Nafees early. But Tamim Iqbal started rocking Indian bowling and was the big pain for India in the start. Then 2 wickets in small interval creates some hope for India when Bangladesh were at 3-79. But Indian are failed to take advantage as they drop some important catches and then cool half centuries from Mushfiqur Rahim and Saqibul Hasan prduce an upset in this tournament. And Bangladesh claim their 2nd win cricket world cup history.

Bangladesh Batting: Tamim Iqbal 51, Shahriar Nafees 2, Mushfiqur Rahim 56*, Aftab Ahmed 8, Saqibul Hasan 53, Habibul Bashar 1, Mohammad Ashraful 8*

India Bowling: Z Khan 41/1,AB Agarkar 41/0,MM Patel 39/2,Harbhajan Singh 30/0,SR Tendulkar 8/0, Yuvraj Singh 15/0,V Sehwag 17/2

Ireland produced the biggest wrold cup upset

9th Match of ICC World Cup 2007 Ireland v Pakistan played at Jamaica , on 17 March. Ireland produced the biggest upset in World Cup cricket history. Ireland won the toss and elected to field first. Pitch was showing some early movemets. Pakistan losses Mohammad Hafeez and Younis Khan's wickets early on just 15 on the borad. Then after Mohammad Yousuf out on total of 56 they never come back in their innings as their wickets falling regulary. Most of the damage done by WB Rankin and AC Botha with wonderful support from all other bowlers and their fielding was remarkably superior as they are playing in the world cup for the first time. In the end Pakistan all out on just 132 runs the worst batting ever for Pakistan. In reply to 132 wonderful one man show form N'iall O'Brien took them to 3 wickets win. Pakistan could not magic when Ireland was 113/7 as KJ O'Brien and DT Johnston took Ireland safely to the 3 wickets win and the biggest wrold cup upset. Pakistan not only loose the match but they are now out of the tournament and this has changed the equations of the rest of the tournament.