First One Day International Report

Bangladesh went down fighting against the mighty Indians as they fell short by 11 runs chasing the Indian total of 245 runs in the first One-dayer here. It was wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud who gave India the scare as he hit a quick fire 50 of 39 balls to take Bangladesh close to the target. Mohammad Kaif, who formed the backbone of the Indian innings was declared the Man of the Match.

India's efforts were quite ordinary as India had to rely on Kaif and Dravid to save them from collapse against a modest Bangladesh attack. Indian strike bowlers Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh were not at their best today with Harbhajan going for 46 runs without a wicket and Irfan conceding 45 runs with just one wicket.

Earlier, master grafter Mohammad Kaif stopped a top order collapse with man in crisis Rahul Dravid , then stayed on to make 80 runs forming the backbone of the Indian innings. Irfan Pathan and Ajith Agarkar played little cameos in the end overs to take the Indian total to 245 for the loss of eight wickets.
Joginder Singh hit the first ball he faced in One-day cricket for four. Baisya continued the errors as the last ball he bowled also was a full toss and Pathan promptly hit it for a six to take Indian total to 245.

In Picture: M-O-M Mohammed Kaif hit 80 off 111, including 7 4's

India Bangladesh ODI Result

Won: India by 11 runs

The first ODI at Chittagong is Bangladesh's 99th match while it is 576th game for the experienced Indian side.

Bangladesh has played 98 ODIs so far. Bangladesh tasted 91 defeats, won five matches and two matches were abandoned.
India played 575 one-dayers so far. Of them, India lost to their opponents in 280 matches, won in 268 matches, drew three matches and rest of the 24 matches were abandoned.

Before today's match, the Bengal Tigers and the experienced Indian team played 11 ODIs against each other and the Indian team winning all the matches against their opponents.

In Picture: Captain Habibul Bashar kept Bangladesh in the hunt with a dogged 65, off 96 balls and including six fours, but their chances faded after his dismissal in the 41st over.

Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S C Ganguly		b Tapash Baisya	0	2	0	0
S R Tendulkar	c Khaled Mashud	b Nazmul Hossain	19	32	3	0
Yuvraj Singh	lbw	b Mushfiqur Rahman	21	33	4	0
R Dravid	c Khaled Mashud	b Khaled Mahmud	53	80	5	0
M Kaif	c and b	Nazmul Hossain	80	111	7	0
S Sriram	st Khaled Mashud	b Mohammad Rafique	3	5	0	0
M S Dhoni	run out		0	1	0	0
A B Agarkar	c Mushfiqur Rahman	b Tapash Baisya	25	24	1	1
I K Pathan	not out		21	11	1	2
Joginder Sharma	not out		5	2	1	0
Extras		1nb 11w 6lb	18
Total		for 8	245

Bowler O M R W Tapash Baisya 10.0 0 67 2 Mushfiqur Rahman 6.0 0 29 1 Nazmul Hossain 9.0 1 39 2 Khaled Mahmud 10.0 0 43 1 Mohammad Rafique 10.0 0 39 1 Aftab Ahmed 5.0 0 22 0

Fall of wicket Batsman 0 S C Ganguly 37 S R Tendulkar 45 Yuvraj Singh 173 R Dravid 180 S Sriram 180 M S Dhoni 203 M Kaif 232 A B Agarkar

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Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Nafis Iqbal	run out		9	52	0	0
Mohammad Rafique	c Yuvraj Singh	b I K Pathan	8	10	0	1
Habibul Bashar	c R Dravid	b S Sriram	65	96	6	0
Mohammad Ashraful	c S C Ganguly	b Joginder Sharma	2	6	0	0
Aftab Ahmed	c Harbhajan Singh	b S Sriram	30	49	2	1
Rajin Saleh	c Joginder Sharma	b S Sriram	14	28	1	0
Khaled Mashud	not out		50	39	4	1
Mushfiqur Rahman	lbw	b A B Agarkar	2	6	0	0
Khaled Mahmud	c M Kaif	b A B Agarkar	21	17	3	0
Tapash Baisya	not out		7	5	1	0
Extras		7nb 17w 2lb	26
Total		for 8	234

Bowler O M R W I K Pathan 9.0 0 45 1 Joginder Sharma 8.0 2 28 1 A B Agarkar 10.0 0 51 2 S C Ganguly 4.0 0 19 0 Harbhajan Singh 10.0 1 46 0 S Sriram 9.0 0 43 3

Fall of wicket Batsman 11 Mohammad Rafique 40 Nafis Iqbal 44 Mohammad Ashraful 108 Aftab Ahmed 143 Rajin Saleh 156 Habibul Bashar 160 Mushfiqur Rahman 200 Khaled Mahmud

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Indian Team

"After we came back from Pakistan, we have not played well in one day cricket," India captain Saurav Ganguly said on Wednesday. "We'll make sure everyone gets an opportunity so we can ultimately decide on the best possible 14 when we play Pakistan. "We'll swap around senior members like myself, Sehwag, Sachin, Rahul, Zaheer and Harbhajan," he said. "We'll probably rotate the guys who are new in the squad."
Two uncapped players, wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni and all rounder Joginder Sharma are in the side while left-handed batsmen Dinesh Mongia, Sridharan Sriram and fast bowler Ajit Agarkar have been recalled.

Indian Team: From - Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sachin Tendulkar , Rahul Dravid , Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag , Harbhajan Singh, Murali Karthik, Yuvaraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Dinesh Mongia, Sridharan Sriram, Mohendra Singh, Joginder Singh.

Final XI - S Sriram, S R Tendulkar, S C Ganguly, R Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, M Kaif, M S Dhoni, I K Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, A B Agarkar

In Picture: Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly in a file photo with Parthiv Patel, who is not in the current playing squad.

Bangladesh Team

Bangladesh's selectors have called up Khaled Mahmud, the former captain, for the first one-day international against India, to be played at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Dec 23rd. Mahmud replaces Talha Jubair, who played in the second Test which Bangladesh lost by an innings on Dec 20th.

Bangla Team: From - Aftab Ahmed, Nafees Iqbal, Javed Omar, Habibul Bashar (captain), Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Khaled Mahmud, Khaled Mashud, Manjural Islam, Mashrafee Bin Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahman, Nazmul Hossain and Tapash Baisya.

Final XI - Nafis Iqbal, Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Khaled Mashud, Mushfiqur Rahman, Khaled Mahmud, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Nazmul Hossain

In Picture: Bangladesh coach Woolmer and Captain Habibul Bashar during practice before the first ODI

The Venue

MA Aziz Stadium (also known as Chittagong Stadium). First-class cricket started way back in December 1954 when touring Indians played against East Pakistan. Two seasons later MCC also played a match there. Thereafter it was only in October 1999 that a cricket match of significance was played on this ground, though football matches have been played regularly here.

In all a total of 6 Tests have been played here and Bangladesh have suffered defeat in all of them. With the exception of the first Test (Bangladesh v Zimbabwe in November 2001) all Tests on this ground have been completed within four days.