MIRPUR: Bangladesh beat India by one wicket after a record 10th wicket partnership in a successful ODI chase between Mehidy Hasan and M Rahman allowing to reach 187 for 9 wickets to surpass the target set by India in the first of the three match one day international series between the two teams played in Bangladesh. Mehidy Hasan scored a magical knock of 38 off 39 balls to allow Bangladesh to record its 6th win in ODI against India.
India batting first scored 186 in 41.2 overs. K L Rahul top scored with 73 runs for India while Shakib Al Hasan picked up 5 wickets for 36 runs while E Hossain picked up 4 for 47 runs. Bangladesh chase was led by Litton Das with 41 runs but wickets kept falling and in the 40th over Bangladesh were 136 for 9 wickets. M Rahman and Mehidy Hasan together saw Bangladesh to the winning line with Mehidy hitting 2 sixers and 4 fours in his match winning knock of 38 runs. Mehidy was named the player of the match. The 2nd ODI will be on Wednesday while the 3rd ODI will be on 10th December, Saturday. (RZ) Image credit ESPN cric info
