Hobbling Dhoni flattens Bangladesh

Mahendra Dhoni battled leg cramps to hit an unbeaten 91 as India defeated their World Cup nemesis Bangladesh by five wickets in the first game of the three-match series here on Thursday.

honi and Dinesh Karthick (58 not out) put on a match-winning stand of 107 for the sixth wicket as the tourists, reduced to 144-5 chasing Bangladesh's 250-7, recovered to win with just six balls to spare.

The second match will be played on Saturday, followed by the third in the port city of Chittagong on May 15.

India will also play two Tests at Chittagong (May 18-22) and Dhaka (May 25-29).

Full scoreboard of the first one-day international between Bangladesh and India at the Sher-e-Bangla national stadium on Thursday:

Bangladesh:

Javed Omar run out 80

Tamim Iqbal c Sehwag b Mongia 45

Habibur Bashar c Gambhir b Powar 0

Saqibul Hasan st Dhoni b Mongia 50

Mohammad Ashraful b Mongia 29

Aftab Ahmed lbw b Sehwag 16

Mohammad Rafique c Karthick b Powar 11

Mushfiqur Rahim not out 1

Extras: (lb1, w13, nb4) 18

Total (for seven wickets) 250

Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Tamim), 2-78 (Bashar), 3-185 (Omar), 4-200 (Saqibul), 5-236 (Ashraful), 6-240 (Aftab), 7-250 (Rafique).

Bowling: Zaheer 7-1-54-0 (nb4, w6), Sreesanth 5-1-14-0 (w1), Patel 7-1-31-0 (w2), Powar 10-0-55-2, Mongia 10-0-49-3, Sehwag 8-0-46-1 (w4)

Overs: 47

India:

G. Gambhir lbw b Rasel 21

V. Sehwag c Saqibul b Rasel 30

M. Dhoni not out 91

Y. Singh c Razzak b Shahadat 1

R. Dravid c Razzak b Saqibul 22

D. Mongia c Aftab b Saqibul 17

D. Karthick not out 58

Extras: (lb4, w6, nb1) 11

Total (for five wickets) 251

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Gambhir), 2-56 (Sehwag), 3-63 (Yuvraj), 4-112 (Dravid), 5-144 (Mongia).

Bowling: Rasel 9-0-66-2, Shahadat 7-0-43-1 (nb1, w2), Razzak 9-1-35-0 (w3), Rafique 10-0-47-0 (w1), Saqibul 9-0-43-2, Aftab 2-0-13-0

Overs: 46

India won by five wickets

Toss: Bangladesh

Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SRI) and Nadir Shah (BAN)

TV umpire: Akhtaruddin Shaheen (BAN)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)