Dhoni and Karthik steer India home
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hamstrung and limping on one good leg for the best part of an innings of 91, helped India to a most unconvincing win
10/05Result
1st ODI, India tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, May 10 2007
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
250/7 (47/47 ov) -
![India]( "India")
251/5 (46/47 ov, target 251)
Player of the Match
10/05Result
1st ODI, India tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, May 10 2007
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![Bangladesh]( "Bangladesh")
250/7 (47/47 ov) -
![India]( "India")
251/5 (46/47 ov, target 251)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Dhoni won it on a leg, a prayer and a partner
Dhoni and Karthik played sensible cricket, avoiding the big shots and toughing it out in relentless weather and against physical pain
Doing it in singles
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik added 107 for the sixth wicket, of which 52 runs came in singles
Bangladesh v India, 1st ODI, Mirpur
Match home for the first ODI between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur, May 10, 2007
'It will be difficult to beat us now'
Ravi Shastri says India will be much tougher to beat through the rest of the series after their five-wicket win at Mirpur
Sloppiness taints India win
Though India beat Bangladesh, the win was marred by sloppiness in the field, in sapping conditions. It is a series being played at the wrong time, in the wrong place, argues Sidharth Monga