Bangladesh beat India to win series
After restricting India at 200 allout in 45 overs, Bangladesh reached 200 in 38 overs and won the first series against the neighbouring nation in the history of the game.
In a rain shortened match, Soumya Sarkar (34), Litton Das (36), Mushfiqur Rahim (31), Sabbir Rahman (22*) and then Shakib Al Hasan (51*) contributed with their willows to clinch the match.
Shakib played the crucial role to help Bangladesh cross the target as he played an important innings of 51 runs off 62 balls, hitting five boundaries in his knock.
R Ashwin, Dhawal Kulkarni and Axar Patel picked up a wicket each.
Earlier, Indian innings was destroyed by Mustafizur Rahman as he picked up six wickets and helped Bangladesh restrict MS Dhoni's men at 200.
He became the second bowler to clinch five wickets in his first two matches in the history of international cricket.
Shikhar Dhawan (53) and MS Dhoni (47) remained the top-scorers for the side.
Bangladesh cliched the series by taking 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
Indian cricket touched new low as Bangladesh defeated the national side in a series for the first time in the history of the game.
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