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MIRPUR: High-flying India was brought down to earth by a spirited Bangladesh who pulled off an upset 79-run victory in the first cricket one-dayer to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, on Thursday.
Bangladesh outsmarted India in all departments of the game and extracted a sweet revenge for their their quarterfinal loss at the hands of the same opponents in the World Cup earlier this year.
Chasing an imposing 308 for win, the Indians made a steady start before losing wickets at heap to be bundled out for 228 with four overs to spare.
Openers Rohit Sharma (63 off 68) and Shikhar Dhawan (30 off 38) stitched a 95-run stand for the first wicket, while Suresh Raina-with a run-a-ball 40 — and Ravindra Jadeja (32 off 42) also tried their bit to save the day for India, which was not to be.
Debutant Mustafizur Rahman (5/50) turned out to be the star performer for Bangladesh with the ball, picking up a fifer in his first international match. He was supported well by pace partner Taskin Ahmed (2/21) and Shakib al Hasan (2/33).
Earlier, Indian bowlers were taken to task by some fantastic batting by Bangladesh top-order as the home team posted a challenging score of 307 all out in 49.4 overs.
Openers Soumya Sarkar (54 off 40 balls) and Tamim Iqbal (60 off 62 balls) added 102 runs for the opening stand in only 13.4 overs to lay a solid foundation.
Shakib (52 off 68 balls), Sabbir Rahaman (41 off 44 balls) and Nasir Hossain (34) batted well in the middle-order to take Bangladesh to a substantial total.
While Ravichandran Ashwin (3/51 in 10 overs) was the most successful bowler for India. (PTI)
Bangladesh innings
Tamim Iqbal c RG Sharma b Ashwin 60
Soumya Sarkar run out (Raina) 54
Litton Daslbw b Ashwin 8
Mushfiqur Rahim† c RG Sharma b Ashwin 14
Shakib Al Hasan c Jadeja b Yadav 52
Sabbir Rahman b Jadeja 41
Nasir Hossain c Jadeja b Yadav 34
Mashrafe*c RG Sharma b MM Sharma 21
Rubel Hossain c MM Sharma b Kumar 4
Taskin Ahmed c Kohli b Kumar 2
Mustafizur Rahman not out 0
Extras 17
Total 307/10
India innings
RG Sharma c Mashrafe b Mustafizur Rahman 63
S Dhawan c †Mushfiqur b Taskin Ahmed 30
V Kohli c †Mushfiqur b Taskin Ahmed 1
AM Rahane c Nasir Hossain b Mustafizur 9
SK Raina b Mustafizur Rahman 40
MS Dhoni*† c †Mushfiqur b Shakib Al Hasan 5
RA Jadeja c Soumya Sarkar b Mustafizur 32
R Ashwin c †Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 0
B Kumar not out 25
MM Sharma c †Mushfiqur b Mashrafe Mortaza 11
UT Yadav lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 2
Extras 10
Total 228/10
