Kohli steers India to victory with century
Virat Kohli cracked a brisk century to power India to an easy
six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the last triangular one-day series
match here on Monday. Kohli made an unbeaten 102 for his second one-day
hundred as India surpassed Bangladesh’s 247-6 with seven overs to spare
in the day-night match.
Sri Lanka and India, who had already qualified for Wednesday’s final,
finished their league engagements with three victories from four
matches. Bangladesh lost all of their four games.
India got off to a solid start when Gautam Gambhir (41) and Dinesh
Karthik (34) put on 64 for the opening wicket before man-of-the-match
Kohli pressed home the advantage with an attractive 95-ball knock.
Kohli, dropped on 83 by Mohammad Ashraful at deep mid-wicket off
paceman Syed Rasel, completed his century and his team’s win with his
11th four.
Off-spinner Naeem Islam was the most impressive bowler, dismissing
Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh (13) to finish with 2-35.
The hosts were earlier well-served by skipper Shakib Al Hasan (85)
and Mohammad Mahmudullah (64 not out), who cracked fighting
half-centuries to prop up the innings.
Bangladesh were struggling at 95-5 before Shakib and Mahmudullah
steadied the innings with a 106-run stand for the sixth wicket to set
the stage for a late onslaught, which saw the hosts score 95 in the last
10 overs.
Shakib fell in the 46th over, caught behind while attempting to scoop
left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra over the wicket-keeper. He hit one six and
eight fours in his 13th half-century.
Mahmudullah cracked one six and five boundaries in his career-best
knock, while Naeem made an unbeaten 22 off just 14 balls late in the
innings with the help of one six and two fours. Nehra was the highest
wicket-taker with 2-58 off 10 overs.
DHAKA, AFP
BANGLADESH
Tamim Iqbal c Tyagi b Nehra 17
Imrul Kayes c Kohli b Tyagi 9
Mohammad Ashraful b Sreesanth 4
Raqibul Hasan run out 28
Shakib Al Hasan c Dhoni b Nehra 85
Mushfiqur Rahim c Raina b Yuvraj 7
Mohammad Mahmudullah not out 64
Naeem Islam not out 22
EXTRAS (lb2, nb3, w6) 11
TOTAL (for six wickets; 50 overs) 247
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-10 (Kayes), 2-15 (Ashraful), 3-60 (Iqbal), 4-67 (Raqibul), 5-95 (Rahim), 6-201 (Shakib).
BOWLING: Tyagi 6-2-24-1, Sreesanth 8-0-53-1 (nb3), Nehra 10-1-58-2 (w1), Mishra 10-0-54-0 (w4), Yuvraj 10-1-33-1 (w1), Jadeja 6-1-23-0.
INDIA
D. Karthik c Rahim b Shafiul 34
G. Gambhir b Naeem 41
V. Kohli not out 102
Yuvraj Singh lbw b Naeem 13
MS Dhoni c Kayes b Shakib 32
S. Raina not out 18
Extras (lb6, w3) 9
TOTAL (for four wickets; 43 overs) 249
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Karthik), 2-87 (Gambhir), 3-133 (Yuvraj), 4-201 (Dhoni).
Bowling: Rasel 7-0-37-0, Shafiul 10-1-63-1 (w2), Razzak 7-0-40-0, Shakib 10-0-58-1, Naeem 8-0-35-2 (w1), Mahmudullah 1-0-10-0. |
