Kohli ton leads India past Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 102 off 95 balls yesterday as India defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in the tri-nation One-Day International series.
India were already through to the final against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, while Bangladesh have lost all four matches in the series.
Kohli hit 11 boundaries in India’s successful chase of Bangladesh’s 247-6 with seven overs to spare.
Gautam Gambhir added 41, while fellow opener Dinesh Karthik scored 34 and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 32. Naeem Islam took two wickets for 38.
Earlier, Skipper Shakib-Al-Hasan’s 85 off 97 balls and Mahmudullah’s unbeaten 64 off 80 lifted Bangladesh to 247-6.
The pair shared a 106-run sixth-wicket stand after Bangladesh had slumped to 95-5 after being put in to bat by India captain Dhoni.
Shakib struck eight boundaries and one six before being caught by Dhoni off Ashish Nehra. Mahmudullah hit five boundaries and one six in his unbeaten knock.
Nehra also dismissed opener Tamim Iqbal (17) taking his tally to two wickets. Sudeep Tyagi, Shantakumaran Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh each got one wicket apiece.
Naeem Islam added a rapid fire 22 to accelerate Bangladesh’s scoring rate in the last 10 overs at Dhaka’s Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
Scoreboard
Bangladesh Innings
T Iqbal c Tyagi b Nehra 17
I Kayes c Kohli b Tyagi 9
M Ashraful b Sreesanth 4
R Hasan run out 28
S Al Hasan c Dhoni b Nehra 85
M Rahim c Raina b Yuvraj 7
Mahmudullah not out 64
N Islam not out 22
Extras (2lb, 6w, 3nb) 11
TOTAL: (for six wickets) 247
Overs: 50.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-15, 3-60, 4-67, 5-95, 6-201
Did not bat: Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Syed Rasel.
Bowling: Tyagi 6-2-24-1, Sreesanth 8-0-53-1 (3nb), Nehra 10-1-58-2 (1w), Mishra 10-0-54-0 (3w), Singh 10-1-33-1 (1w), Jadeja 6-1-23-0
India Innings
D Karthik c Rahim b S Islam 34
G Gambhir b N Islam 41
V Kohli not out 102
Y Singh lbw N Islam 13
M S Dhoni c Kayes b Shakib 32
S Raina not out 18
Extras: (6lb, 3w) 9
TOTAL: (for four wickets) 249
Overs: 43.
Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-87, 3-133, 4-201
Did not bat: Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi.
Bowling: Rasel 7-0-37-0, Islam 10-1-63-1 (2w), Razzak 7-0-40-0, S Al Hasan 10-0-58-1, N Islam 8-0-35-2 (1w), Mahmudullah 1-0-10-0.
Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV Umpire: Enamul Haque (Bangladesh)
Match Referee: AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Toss: India
Result: India won by six wickets