10/05Result
1st ODI, India tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, May 10 2007
India won by 5 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
MS DhoniIndia
10/05Result
1st ODI, India tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, May 10 2007
India won by 5 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
MS DhoniIndia

END OF OVER:
46 | 12 Runs | IND: 251/5 | RR: 5.45

  • MS Dhoni91 (106b)
  • Dinesh Karthik58 (60b)
  • Syed Rasel9-0-66-2
  • Abdur Razzak9-1-35-0

Powered by a calm 107-run partnership between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik, who tackled the spinners well, India won by five wickets.

When five wickets were down, the advantage lay with Bangladesh. The spinners were operating, the wicket had got slower. The odds were stacked against India but Dhoni, hobbling with hamstring injury and running with a bye-runner, and Karthik took control. Karthik swept while Dhoni punched his way and slowly the tables turned. Bashar ran out of ideas, the spinners, seemingly, lost the bite as the duo milked them.

The players from both teams shake hands, Robin Singh is also there. So is Ravi Shastri. India lead the three-match series 1- 0.

Man-of-the-Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

45.6
1
Syed Rasel to Dhoni, 1 run, India have won. By 5 wickets. Fullish, on the middle stump line, Dhoni leans forward and heaves it over midwicket. Camera pans to dressing room. Shastri and Vengsarkar shake hands. The other players are seen clapping.

Everybody in the Indian dressing room are up on their feet. Vengsarkar is also seen there.

45.5
1
Syed Rasel to Karthik, 1 run, slower offcutter, on the off stump line, Karthik leans forward, waits, opens the bat-face, guides to backward point. Just one run left. Dhoni on strike
45.4
4
Syed Rasel to Karthik, FOUR, fullish, on the leg side and Karthik leans on to it and swings it to long leg boundary. Stylishly picked up.
45.3
1
Syed Rasel to Dhoni, 1 run, another single with a punch to long off
45.2
1
Syed Rasel to Karthik, 1 run, leans forward to pat a length-delivery towards mid-off for a easy single. 7 to win. 100 of the partnership up. What a gem it has been. Two busy wicketkeeper-batsmen doing it for India.
45.1
4
Syed Rasel to Karthik, FOUR, Easy. Fifty up in style. Very valuable knock. Low full-toss, on the stumps and he knifes through the line. Yuvraj, the bye runner for Dhoni, congratulates him. Then Dhoni hobbles over and hugs Karthik.

END OF OVER:
45 | 5 Runs | IND: 239/5 (12 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.31, RRR: 6.00)

  • Dinesh Karthik48 (56b)
  • MS Dhoni89 (104b)
  • Abdur Razzak9-1-35-0
  • Mohammad Rafique10-0-47-0

Looking at the way the wicketkeeper-batsmen are performing, may be India should pick more of them!

44.6
1
Abdur Razzak to Karthik, 1 run, outside off stump, steered to backward point
44.5
1
Abdur Razzak to Dhoni, 1 run, outside off stump, fullish, Dhoni reaches out, swats it away past point

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India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st35G GambhirV Sehwag
2nd21MS DhoniV Sehwag
3rd7MS DhoniYuvraj Singh
4th49R DravidMS Dhoni
5th32MS DhoniD Mongia
6th107MS DhoniKD Karthik