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Mustafizur bowls Bangladesh to 79-run win

Bangladesh chose to bat on a bright afternoon and their openers - Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar - began in aggressive fashion  AFP
The opening pair put on a century stand, as Sarkar got to his second ODI half-century, off 38 balls  AFP
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R Ashwin stalled Bangladesh's charge with three wickets after the break, as they slumped from 123 for 1 to 146 for 4  AFP
Shakib Al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman steadied the innings for a while, with an 83-run stand in 86 balls. Shakib got to the third half-century of the innings as Bangladesh pushed themselves into a position of strength  AFP
But they lost momentum at the end as they endured a mini-collapse, scoring 43 runs in the last 40 balls, and were bowled out for 307  AFP
India started strongly with a 95-run opening stand before Shikhar Dhawan was caught behind off Taskin Ahmed in the 16th over  AFP
Rohit Sharma continued to keep the scoreboard moving and brought up his 26th ODI fifty  AFP
Bangladesh derailed India's chase picking up Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni in the space of 49 balls with India managing to add just 27 runs in that period  AFP
Bangladesh were clinical and wasted little time to get the last three wickets and wrapped up an impressive 79-run win with four overs to spare  AFP
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