Bangladesh opened up their ODI series against India with a brilliant 79-run win in Dhaka.
The home side posted their highest ODI score against India of 307, but it did not look like being enough on a decent deck.
However, India failed to capitalise on a solid start from their openers and were shot out for 228—with Bangladesh debutant Mustafizur Rahman helping himself to a five-wicket haul.
It was a notable win for Bangladesh and one that is likely to be celebrated long and hard given the amount of niggle that was seen on the pitch.
Bangladesh made a blistering start with the bat, with Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar treating the India attack with disdain.
The India bowlers did not look to have any idea about how to stem the tide, and it was a moment of fortune that handed them the breakthrough.
Having just brought up his half-century, Sarkar set off for a crazy single and was sensibly sent back by Tamim. Sarkar turned, but a flicked throw from Suresh Raina caught him short of his ground.
Rain wreaked havoc on the Test match between the two sides and also had a huge say here in Dhaka.
Heavy rain took the players from the field of play in the 16th over, and they were off the field for more than an hour.
It checked all Bangladesh’s momentum, and within a couple of overs, Tamim was on his way back to the pavilion. The opener batted beautifully before the break but picked out Rohit Sharma at long-off off the bowling of R Ashwin.
Ashwin proved to be the chief tormentor of Bangladesh, as he trapped Litton Das lbw and had Mushfiqur Rahim caught in the deep.
The scale of Bangladesh’s slump was apparent as they fell from 102 for 0 to 146 for 4.
Shakib Al Hasan and Sabbir Rahmam rebuilt the innings with an 83-run partnership, and Bangladesh were well placed with a shade over 12 overs remaining, but the latter fell to Ravindra Jadeja and it halted the charge.
Nasir Hossain (34 off 27 balls) and Mashrafe Mortaza (21 off 18 balls) put bat to ball to take Bangladesh to their highest ODI score against India, but the 307 all out was well short of what they looked like achieving.
''It's a good batting track & we are 20-25 runs short. If we can take early wickets it will be very crucial" - Shakib Al Hasan #BANvIND
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) June 18, 2015
India’s chase began well, with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit batting with assured confidence.
There was high drama in the 10th over, as Dhawan was given out caught behind by umpire Rod Tucker off Mortaza, but Mushfiqur had in fact dropped the ball. Dhawan, thinking he was out, wandered towards the pavilion and Bangladesh then attempted to run him out.
With Dhawan out of his ground when the stumps were broken, Bangladesh lodged an appeal. It was against the spirit of cricket and Dhawan was rightly allowed to remain at the crease.
Confusion reigns as umpire gives Dhawan out even as Rahim dropped the catch. He's then run out as he walked, but ball given dead. #BANvIND
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Dhawan did not take advantage of his reprieve, as Mushfiqur pouched a chance off Taskin Ahmed to break the opening partnership at 95 for 1.
Taskin and Mushfiqur combined to strike again shortly after, with Virat Kohli edging a short ball behind to the 'keeper.
The departure of Kohli brought the crowd to life and fired up the Bangladesh players.
Mustafizur made a huge breakthrough with his first ODI wicket, as a cutter drew a leading edge from Rohit and Mortaza took a simple catch.
With the crowd roaring him on, Mustafizur claimed his second wicket—this time Ajinkya Rahane finding Nasir with a leading edge from another cutter.
Mustafizur was forced off the field shortly afterwards after a collision in the middle of the pitch with MS Dhoni.
Dhoni has so often been the man to steer India home, but he departed to the spin of Shakib and was given an aggressive send-off by Mushfiqur.
Dhoni departed with India tottering at 128 for 5, but Raina and Ravindra Jadeja put on 60 to keep the visitors in the hunt.
However, Mustafizur returned following treatment and dispatched Raina and Ashwin in successive balls—both to superbly disguised cutters—to blow the wind from India’s sails.
Jadeja was India’s final hope, but he became Mustafizur’s fifth victim of the match and it was once again a cutter that did the damage.
Mustafizur, on debut, was mobbed by his team-mates who knew victory was theirs, and it was confirmed shortly afterwards, with Shakib claiming the final wicket to spark wild scenes in Dhaka.