DHAKA: Bangladesh batsmen are fighting for a 303-run target at Melbourne cricket ground Thursday to reach World Cup semifinals.

Till filing this report Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan and Imrul Kayes returned to the pavilion scoring 25, 29, 21, 10 and 5 runs respectively while total runs were 114 in 31 overs.

Shami bagged two wickets, Yadav and Jadeja got one wicket each.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma’s ton helped India set a target of 303 runs for Bangladesh at the ICC World Cup 2nd Quarter-Final.

India scored 302 runs for six in 50 overs with Sharma’s 137 runs and Suresh Raina’s 65 runs.

Taskin Ahmed bagged three wickets while Shakib, Mashrafe and Rubel picked up one wicket each.

Shakib bag the first wicket - Dhawan when India scored 75 runs in 16.3 overs. In next over, Rubel came to bowl, made Kohli walk to the pavilion when India’s scoreboard was at 79 runs in 17.5 overs.

The much-awaited match kicked off at Melbourne Cricket Ground at 9:30am Bangladesh time. India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat.

Nearly 160 million Bangladeshi along the Tigers’ supporters from are dreaming that the Tigers will thrash Team India out of World Cup, creating new history.


Teams

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (cpt), Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed

India

Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

BDST: 1622 HRS, MAR 19, 2015

** Tamim, Kayes return