Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007

Indians in Bangladesh in 2007
 
  India Bangladesh
Dates 10 May – 29 May 2007
Captains Rahul Dravid Habibul Bashar
Test series
Result India won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (254)
Mashrafe Mortaza (151)
Most wickets Zaheer Khan (8)
Mashrafe Mortaza (6)
Mohammad Rafique (6)
Player of the series Sachin Tendulkar (India)
One Day International series
Results India won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs Mahendra Singh Dhoni (127)
Javed Omar (91)
Most wickets Dinesh Mongia (3)
Ramesh Powar (3)
Piyush Chawla (3)
Syed Rasel (4)
Player of the series Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)

The Indian cricket team toured Bangladesh for two Test matches and three One Day Internationals in May 2007. The first match was played on 10 May, the first of three ODIs with India defeating Bangladesh by five wickets – less than two months after Bangladesh shocked India by defeating them by five wickets in the World Cup, leading to India's early exit from the competition. India completed the series win with a steady 46-run win, thanks largely in part to Gautam Gambhir's century. The third match was abandoned due to intermittent rain, resulting in a waterlogged pitch – brought on largely in part due to Cyclone Akash which had hit south Bangladesh earlier that day.[1] Leading run scorer of the ODI series and Indian wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni took home the player of the series award following a return to form with the bat and 3 dismissals behind the stumps. In the second test match Mohammad Ashraful scored the fastest test fifty in just 27 delivery.

The Test series ended in a 1–0 win for India; the first Test was affected by rain, helping Bangladesh secure a draw despite two declarations by India and a 149-run lead on first innings, but in the second Test India only lost three wickets in their three-day innings win.

  1. ^ "Cyclone Akash spawns tidal surge in coasts". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2007.