It was a strong reply from baffled Sourav Ganguly's men, who suffered a stunning 15-run defeat against the home side in the second day-night match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday.

Yuvraj, who came to the wicket with India well-placed at 247-4 in the 42nd over after electing to bat at the same venue, launched an immediate assault. The elegant left-hander dominated the 93-run partnership with Mohammad Kaif (29 not off 24 balls) in just 47 balls to help India record the highest ever one-day total against the Tigers.

The massive total, also the highest in Dhaka surpassing Zimbabwe's 325-6 against Kenya at the same venue in 1999, exceeded Kenya's 347-3 against Bangladesh in Nairobi in 1997-98.

Yuvraj, who smashed eight fours and three huge sixes -- one each off Mashrafee Bin-Mortuza, Moha-mmad Rafique and Khaled Mahmud -- in his 34-minute blitzkrieg, raced to his half-century in only 22 balls when he flicked paceman Mashrafee for his seventh boundary.

He was dismissed off the third ball of the final over when Aftab Ahmed caught him at long-on to give Mahmud his third wicket but made sure India smashed 118 runs in the last ten overs.

The launching pad, however, was given by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar's 106-run opening stand.

Without injured Tapash Baisya and Nazmul Hossain, the Bangladesh attack, which restricted India to 214 the previous night, did not look the same. Mushfiqur Rahman and surprise selection Hasibul Hossain were so ordinary that India raced to 100 by the 13th over with Sehwag and Tendulkar rattling the last 50 runs in just 21 balls.

On way to his first half-century in the whole tour, Sehwag put Hasibul to the sword. In the 12th over of the match bowled by the seamer, the Indian opener picked 18 runs with one six and three boundaries. Two successive boundaries off Mushfiq in the next over saw him reach 50 from 24 in only eight deliveries.

Hasibul was spanked for 53 runs in six overs while Mushfiq was equally expensive giving away 52 runs also in six overs before being taken out of the firing line by captain Habibul Bashar.

Tendulkar, subdued for a brief period by his junior partner's fireworks, had already cracked nine sweetly timed boundaries to score 42. But his 47-ball knock ended when Mahmud gave Bangladesh the cherished breakthrough.

The medium pacer, who finished with 3-62, removed the master batsman with his very first ball of the match when Tendulkar tried to cut but was undone by the bounce and was caught by wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud.

Having scored 70 off 52 balls with nine fours and two sixes, Sehwag perished in the 20th over when he tried to loft Mahmud over widish long-on where Mohammed Ashraful took a well judged catch on the fence.

Skipper Sourav Ganguly (55 off 80 balls) and Rahul Dravid (60 off 68 balls) then mixed caution with some aggression to add 98 runs from 80 balls for the third wicket before both departed in quick succession.

Mahmud was again in the thick of things when he held Ganguly, who pulled Mushfiq for his second six to reach the fifty-mark, at long-off off the bowling of part-time spinner Rajin Saleh.

Dravid, on the other hand, brought his half-century with his fifth four by pulling Rajin to midwicket. Dravid became left-arm spinner Rafique lone victim when he drove the ball straight to Mashrafee at mid-off to bring Yuvraj to the crease.

Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar used as many as seven bowlers but almost every one failed to put the Indians under pressure. Hasibul's return to international cricket after Bangladesh's Pakistan tour in September 2003 was ruined as he conceded 53 runs in his six overs while Mushfiq, who gave away 30 runs in his first two overs, conceded 52 runs from six.

India were back to full strength with Tendulkar, Dravid and Harbhajan Singh in the line up replacing Dinesh Mongia, Sridharan Sriram and Murali Kartik.