Before tonight, India had never beaten New Zealand in a T20 game; while Pakistan had never beaten South Africa.

After tonight, that fact remains the same.

While the two favorites faced defeats in their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up games, the Aussies got past Bangladesh, and Ireland and Netherlands played a super over to settle a tie.

Take Aways from Day 1 of the Warm-Ups:

1. Bangladesh cannot be taken lightly. Ask the Aussies.
   
   
2. If teams don't get Shane Watson early, the Aussies will go on to score very high. Warner didn't play today but whether it is Watson-Warner ot Watson-Haddin, those will be one of the most explosive opening combos at the 20-20 world cup.
   
   
3. Shakib Al Hasan will be one to watch out for.
   
   
4. The minnows' matches will be more interesting than most people think. Amrit Mathur, I hope you're reading!
   
   
5. Misbah can still manage to find the strangest ways to get out. And I thought he had run out of these weird ways.
   
   
6. Pakistan need to include Fawad Alam in their middle order. Already!
   
   
7. Mohammad Aamer needs to play instead of Tanvir or Rao.
   
   
8. South Africa probably has the strongest batting line up in the competition.
   
   
9. Ishant Sharma can take wickets in 20-20 cricket; he just take them for McCullum.
   
   
10. In India's new colors, Rohit Sharma felt he was playing for the Deccan Chargers.
    
    
11. Bhajji outplayed Ojha, even though Ojha looked better of the two.
    
    
12. Batsmen should not look to hit Vettori out of the ground. Just play him for singles and twos.
    
    
13. Styris can still play and Franklyn can hit them big!
    
    
14. Don't take these too seriously, they're just warm-up games.