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.
SCOREBOARD:
-- Bangladesh:
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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
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Total: (for six wickets
50 overs) 247
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Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-15, 3-60, 4-67, 5-95, 6-201.
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.
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India:
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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
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Extras: (lb6, w3) 9
Total: (for four wickets; 43 overs) 249
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Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-87, 3-133, 4-201.
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.
Toss: India
Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Sharfuddoula Shahid (BAN)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Next match (final): India v Sri Lanka (Wednesday).
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