High-flying India was brought down to earth by a spirited Bangladesh who pulled off an upset 79 run victory in the first cricket one-dayer to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, here on Thursday. Bangladesh Outsmarted India in all departments of the game and extracted a sweet revenge for their their quarterfinal loss at the hands of the same opponents in the World Cup earlier this year. Chasing an imposing 308 for win, the Indians made a steady start before losing wickets at heap to be bundled out for 228 with four overs to spare. Openers Rohit Sharma (63 off 68) and Shikhar Dhawan (30 off 38) stitched a 95 run stand for the first wicket, while Suresh Raina with a run a ball 40 and Ravindra Jadeja (32 off 42) also tried their bit to save the day for India, which was not to be. Debutant Mustafizur Rahman (5/50) turned out to be the star performer for Bangladesh with the ball, picking up a fifer in his first international match. He was supported well by pace partner Taskin Ahmed (2/21) and Shakib al Hasan (2/33). Earlier, Indian bowlers were taken to task by some fantastic batting by Bangladesh top-order as the home team posted a challenging score of 307 all out in 49.4 overs. , their highest score against India in ODIs, surpassing the previous best of 296 for six at the same venue in 2010.
