India clinch Bangladesh series

Gautam Gambhir hit a gutsy 101 as India defeated Bangladesh by 46 runs in the second one-day international here on Saturday to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The left-handed opener's second one-day hundred and an unbeaten 42 from captain Rahul Dravid fired India to 284-8 from 49 overs after they elected to take first strike.

Full scoreboard:

India:

V. Sehwag c Omar b Rasel 21

G. Gambhir b Rasel 101

M. Dhoni c Rahim b Rafique 36

Y. Singh c and b Rafique 24

R. Dravid not out 42

D. Mongia c Rafique b Razzak 17

D. Karthick lbw b Rafique 6

P. Chawla st Rahim b Razzak 1

R. Powar lbw b Mortaza 5

Zaheer Khan not out 9

Extras: (b1, lb7, w9, nb5) 22

Total (for eight wickets) 284

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Sehwag), 2-130 (Dhoni), 3-174 (Yuvraj), 4-210 (Gambhir), 5-239 (Mongia), 6-251 (Karthick), 7-258 (Chawla), 8-273 (Powar).

Bowling: Mortaza 10-0-57-1 (nb3, w4), Rasel 10-1-49-2 (nb1), Razzak 10-0-59-2 (nb1, w5), Saqibul 7-0-40-0, Rafique 10-0-59-3, Aftab 2-0-12-0

Overs: 49

Bangladesh:

Javed Omar c Karthick b Zaheer 11

Tamim Iqbal run out 7

Aftab Ahmed b Powar 40

Saqibul Hasan c Dhoni b Zaheer 5

Mohammad Ashraful b Chawla 12

Habibur Bashar st Dhoni b Chawla 43

Mushfiqur Rahim c Karthick b Yuvraj 35

Mashrafe Mortaza c Sehwag b Yuvraj 42

Mohammad Rafique c sub (Uthappa) b Chawla 13

Abdur Razzak not out 9

Syed Rasel not out 4

Extras: (b4, lb2, w8, nb3) 17

Total (for nine wickets) 238

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Tamim), 2-51 (Omar), 3-60 (Saqibul), 4-86 (Ashraful), 5-92 (Aftab), 6-151 (Mushfiqur), 7-176 (Bashar), 8-192 (Rafique), 9-230 (Mortaza).

Bowling: Zaheer 7-0-32-2 (nb3, w1), Patel 7-0-34-0 (w2), Chawla 10-0-37-3 (w2), Powar 10-1-32-1, Mongia 8-0-57-0, Yuvraj 7-0-40-2 (w3)

Overs: 49

India won by 46 runs

Toss: India

Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SRI) and Enamul Haque (BAN)

TV umpire: Akhtaruddin Shaheen (BAN)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)