The Liton gambit, and Dhoni's fast hands

Sep 28, 2018

Bangladesh sprang a surprise by sending Mehidy Hasan out to open alongside Liton Das•Associated Press

India had an early opportunity, but Yuzvendra Chahal shelled a chance off Liton•Associated Press

Liton kept going strong, raising a maiden ODI century, but he was increasingly fighting a lone battle•Getty Images

Soumya Sarkar made 33 from No.7 to shore up the lower order somewhat, but Bangladesh folded for 222, having been 120 for no loss•Associated Press

Rubel Hossain then struck a vital blow for Bangladesh, when Rohit pulled a half-tracker to square leg•Associated Press

Things got even worse for India when Jadhav showed sings of a hamstring injury and was eventually asked to retire hurt •Associated Press

Liton got off the blocks in a hurry, rocketing Bangladesh along•Getty Images

The introduction of Kedar Jadhav finally broke the opening stand, with Mehidy falling•Associated Press

Eventually, Liton was done in by Kuldeep's guile and MS Dhoni's lightning work behind the stumps•Associated Press

Bangladesh needed to break India's opening stand early, and Nazmul Islam obliged, getting Dhawan caught. Inevitably, the 'naagin' dance made an appearance•AFP

MS Dhoni came into a chase tailor-made for him, and strung together a rebuilding stand with Dinesh Karthik•Associated Press

Ravindra Jadeja took over the finishing duties, calmly steering the chase to within 11 runs of victory. He fell to Rubel Hossain •Associated Press

That opening was what India's spinners needed to strange Bangladesh, and Kuldeep Yadav ended up with three wickets•AFP

Dhoni would effect one more stumping, and a run-out as Bangladesh imploded•Associated Press

Rohit Sharma though seemed to be in pristine touch, and continued to purr along•AFP

However, when Mahmudullah broke through with Karthik missing a full toss to be trapped in front, the game was in balance once again•Associated Press

But out walked Jadhav again to knock off the remaining runs in singles and win India the title •Associated Press