The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.
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Bangladesh falters despite hardwork at Trent Bridge
June 06, 2009
India overcame a hardworking Bangladesh line-up in a Group A encounter at Nottingham, riding on Yuvraj's quickfire 41 off 18 balls, and Man-of-the-match Ojah's 4 wickets in 4 overs. India were dawdling along in the middle overs as Dhoni and Gambhir struggled to find boundaries. Yuvraj hit 4 sixes and 3 fours to take India from 112 to 157 in under 4 overs. This was the first Twenty20 meeting between India and Bangladesh.
2009 ICC World Twenty20 Match 4: IND vs BAN, Group A, June 6:
India 180 for 5 (Gambhir 50, Yuvraj 41) beat Bangladesh 155 for 8 (Siddique 41, Ojha 4-21) by 25 runs
Umpires: B F Bowden, S J A Taufel, B C Broad, N J Llong Bangladesh: Iqbal, Siddique, Ashraful (C), Al Hasan, Islam, Hasan, Rahim (W), Mahmudullah, Mortaza, Hossain, Hossain India: Gambhir, R Sharma, Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni (C/W), Y Pathan, I Pathan, Singh, Zaheer, Ojha, I Sharma
India 1-59: Rohit Sharma b Shakib Al Hasan 36 (23b); 2-112 Dhoni b Naeem Islam 26 (21b); 3-140: Gautham Gambhir c Shakib Al Hasan b Naeem Islam 50 (46b); 4-157: Yuvraj Singh c Tamim Iqbal b Shahadat Hossain 41 (18b); 5-169: Raina b Rubel Hossain 10 (8b)
Bangladesh 1-24: Tamim Iqbal st Dhoni b YK Pathan 15 (10b); 2-55: Mohammad Ashraful c Gambhir b I Sharma 11 (9b); 3-74: Shakib Al Hasan c Dhoni b Ojha 8 (10b); 4-77: Junaid Siddique c Harbhajan Singh b Ojha 41 (22b); 5-95: Mahmudullah c Yuvraj Singh b Ojha 8 (13b); 6-111: Mashrafe Mortaza b Ojha 11 (8b); 7-121: Raqibul Hasan c Ojha b Khan 16 (20b); 8-154: Naeem Islam c Yuvraj Singh b I Sharma 28 (17b)
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.
India overcame a hardworking Bangladesh line-up in a Group A encounter at Nottingham, riding on Yuvraj's quickfire 41 off 18 balls, and Man-of-the-match Ojah's 4 wickets in 4 overs. 
