India v Bangladesh: Rahul Dravid wins the toss and puts his India side into bat but quickly loses Virender Sehwag for two Mashrafe Mortaza claims another wicket in the seventh over when he tempts Robin Uthappa into the hands of Aftab Ahmed Things go from bad to worse for India when Sachin Tendulkar is dismissed cheaply by Abdur Razzak, leaving them on 40-3 With Dravid also making little impression, Sourav Ganguly is left to score the runs and brings up his 50 in the 36th over Mohammad Rafique sees off Ganguly for 66 before unseating Mahendra Dhoni in the same over as a collapse begins Mortaza claims a further two wickets to finish with 4-38 as India total 191 all out off 49.3 overs Bangladesh's teenage opener Tamim Iqbal smashes a wonderful 51 off 53 balls before being removed by Munaf Patel Bangladesh are reduced to 79-3 when Aftab attempts to mow Patel over long-on and gets himself caught plumb in front But the underdogs stand firm and Saqibul Hasan nudges them towards victory with 53 before being stumped by Dhoni And Mushfiqur Rahim's unbeaten 56 seals a famous five-wicket win for Bangladesh - the first shock of the World Cup Ireland v Pakistan: The Asian side lose the toss, bat and see Mohammad Hafeez depart for only four runs in the first over Midway through the fourth over, Ireland have another wicket when Boyd Rankin claims the scalp of Younis Khan Trent Johnston's team can hardly believe it when Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq also go to make it 58-4 Pakistan just cannot get going and find themselves on 72-6 when Kevin O'Brien unseats Shoaib Malik in the 21st over Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal scores 27 but by the time he departs, his team find themselves reduced to 105-8 Kyle McCallan accounts for the last two wickets as Ireland sensationally restrict Pakistan to 132 all out off 45.4 overs Mohammad Sami rejoices after claiming two early Irish wickets, trapping both Jeremy Bray and Eoin Morgan lbw The Irish suffer another setback when Andre Botha is caught by Mohammad Hafeez off Sami's delivery But O'Brien gets Ireland back on course for a remarkable win with 72 runs off 106 balls And Johnston's winning runs seal one of the biggest upsets in cricket history and send Pakistan out of the World Cup
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