Gambhir and Sehwag star in comfortable win

Jun 12, 2008

After Bangladesh chose to bat, Praveen Kumar was miserly with the new ball - at one stage he had figures of 7-2-8-1•AFP

One of his wickets was Shahriar Nafees, who was bowled for 9•AFP

Raqibul Hasan made a career-best 89 to prop up the Bangladesh innings ...•AFP

At the other end, Virender Sehwag was in his usual buccaneering mood, plundering a 32-ball 59•AFP

Gambhir remained unbeaten on 107 as India completed a convincing seven-wicket win with nearly 15 overs to spare•AFP

RP Singh was impressive in his comeback game, finishing with 3 for 46•AFP

For the second match in a row, Mohammad Ashraful was more cautious than cavalier. He made a 67-ball 36•AFP

... but a flurry of wickets towards the end meant Bangladesh finished on 222•AFP

Sehwag took 22 off the first five deliveries in Dolar Mahmud's first over, but holed out on the final ball•AFP

Rohit Sharma and the rest of the Indian side have been good in the field in both their matches in this tournament•AFP

That was not going to be enough as Gautam Gambhir continued his dream run this year•AFP

Gambhir, though, stayed till the end, making his fifth ODI century along the way•AFP