Bailey is missing Johnson

World T20 — Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out due to a toe infection.

Dhaka — Australia captain George Bailey on Tuesday said the team would badly miss in-form speedster Mitchell Johnson, the hero of their recent Ashes win over England.

WARM UP MATCH;- India beat England by 20 runs..

WT20 WARM-UP: Kohli, Raina shine with half-centuries as India defend 178 at Mirpur.

MIRPUR: India’s WorldT20 campaign received a boost ahead of the business end of the tournament as MS Dhoni’s team defeated England by 20 runs in a warm-up game here, on Wednesday. The stars for India were Virat Kohli (74*) and Suresh Raina (54), who helped them post 178/4 batting first, and the spinners, who disallowed England from consolidating on a terrific start that opener Michael Lumb (36) had provided them with.

Raina deserves a special mention here as he had Lumb stumped when the batsman was on a rampage. The part-time spinner bowled his four overs for just 23 and was complemented by off-spinner R. Ashwin, who gave away three less in his own quota. England finished on 158/6.

Moeen Ali contributed a solid 38-ball 46, but he was late in upping the scoring late and no sooner that he did he get going, he mis-timed a pull to be caught at deep square leg, off Ravindra Jadeja. This left Jos Buttler (30, 18b) the difficult job of scoring 25 off Jadeja’s last over of the match. Buttler was stumped attempting the unlikely, and India prevailed, despite their new-ball bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3-0-27-1) and Mohammad Shami (3-0-29-1) getting the stick yet again.

TWO PARTNERSHIPS

India’s innings comprised two partnerships of note. Raina and Kohli came together at 39/3 in the sixth over and added 81 in 8.5 overs. This was followed by Kohli and skipper Dhoni providing the final flourish with a stand of 58 in a shade above 5 overs.

Kohli’s unbeaten, 48-ball 74 contained no sixes, just eight fours, and good pacing that derived from energetic singles converted opportunistically into doubles. He, however was not the principal aggressor. When India were in a slump, it was Raina who pulled them out.  

Form has deserted Raina of late. He was dropped for the Asia Cup, his Test credentials remain dodgy despite century on debut, but in the shortest format he is undoubtedly a clear and present danger. Raina had made 41 in the first practice match. Against England, he punished seamer Chris Jordan for boundaries on the leg-side and drove Stuart Broad back over his head for a four. 

India's slump was not unexpected. Their opening stand had been worth 3 in the warm-up against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan bettered that by 12 against England, before Rohit (5) failed to keep a fast Dernbach bouncer down and was caught at backward square-leg in the fourth over. 

Dhawan had proved to be up to opening the batting in difficult New Zealand conditions, mainly because he had curbed his instinct to go for the big shot on the off-side. Tempted with marginal room again by Bresnan, off whom he had just rasped a boundary through covers, he again connected well, but was snatched smartly by a diving James Tredwell at cover for 14. Tredwell played a key role later with his off-spin and conceded just 19 in his four overs.

YUVRAJ FAILS

For several reasons, Yuvraj Singh was always going to be in the cross-hairs. He had collected a soothing 33 in the first practice match. But five balls into his stay at Mirpur, Yuvraj was caught behind trying to cart Jordan over the leg-side. 

It was in the 13th over that India go going as Raina and Kohli took 17 off left-arm spinner Stephen Parry, and soon the innings 100 came up.  From here on it was regulation IPL cricket. Raina made room to loft Bopara over cover and swept him for six to reach his half-century in 29 balls. He was out in the same over - caught splendidly by a running Jordan as he went for his fifth consecutive boundary - but by then he had placed India 120/4 with five overs remaining.

Fifty came in the last four. Dhoni upper-cut Derbach for six, Kohli completed his half-century and Tim Bresnan bowled a pathetic last over in which India – assisted by edges and gratuitous full-tosses – added 17 to what was already a target to reckon with.

Suresh Raina of India celebrates the wicket of Michael Lumb of England, after he was stumped by MS Dhoni during the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 Warm Up match between England and India at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on March 19, 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Corey Anderson, New Zealand: The new kid on the block, Anderson grabbed eyeballs when he broke the record for the fastest century in international cricket with his 36-ball hundred against West Indies on the first day of 2014. The 23-year-old has played just eight Twenty20 matches for New Zealand but the left-hander's big-hitting ability is tailor-made for the format. He has a five-wicket haul with his left-arm medium pace bowling in the 50-over format and will be a decent bowling option for captain Brendon McCullum in Bangladesh.

Zimbabwe win their qualifier match against Netherlands 

Zimbabwe's Vusi Sibanda jumps on to the back of teammate Timycen Maruma in celebration after winning their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match against the Netherlands in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 19, 2014.

Ireland's wicketkeeper Gary Wilson, left, successfully dislodges the bails to dismiss United Arab Emirates's Faizan Asif during their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Wednesday, March 19, 2014.