Dhoni, Kohli seal comfortable win

India 297 for 4 (Dhoni 101*, Kohli 91) beat Bangladesh 296 for 6 (Kayes 70, Mahmudullah 60*, Tamim 60) by six wickets

Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten century as India overcame a top-order fumble to beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the third ODI of the tri-series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur on Thursday. India, chasing a stiff victory target of 297 runs, lost three wickets for 51 runs before skipper Dhoni (101) and Virat Kohli (91) revived the innings with a 152-run stand. Kohli missed out on his second ODI century as he was caught and bowled by skipper Shakib Al Hasan.

           Dhoni then anchored the innings and together with Suresh Raina (51) saw the team home in 47.3 overs. Bangladesh gave a good account of themselves, first by scoring their highest total against any Test playing nation, and then had India on the mat removing Virender Sehwag (13), Gautam Gambhir(18) and Yuvraj Singh (1). But the depth in Indian batting came through. Kohli, who scored his maiden century, a match-winning knock, last month in the Kolkata ODI against Sri Lanka, was full of confidence. He showed maturity and mixed patience with aggression. With Dhoni at the other end, Kohli played his strokes without taking much risk. Kohli struck seven fours in his 102-ball stay while Dhoni's 107-ball knock had nine fours. After the dismissal of Kohli, Raina played freely stroking five fours and one six for his 43-ball 51.