After Bangladesh won the toss and batted first to pile up 250 for seven from maximum 47 overs due to a rain-delay, India reached the target with one over to spare with heroic efforts from Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik.

Bangladesh won their last meeting on March 17 at the World Cup with an identical margin in Port of Spain which sparked India's ouster from the campaign.

Yesterday, opener Javed Omar struck his sixth half-century to give Bangladesh a good platform to pitch in the competitive total. The 30-year-old opener scored 80 off 117 balls with seven fours and two sixes. He shared a third-wicket stand of 107 runs with Shakib Al Hasan, who batted fluently to score 50 off 68 balls.

Bangladesh had the game all in their favour with an imposing total on board and having pushed the tourists on the brink of defeat with only the last recognised pair at the crease.

Promoted to number three, Dhoni withstood pain and sweltering heat to forge an unbeaten 107-run sixth wicket partnership Karthik, who showed poise and a lot of courage to score 58 not out off 60 balls.

But their innings could have been nipped in the bud when Karthik slipped in the middle of the crease but Aftab Ahmed's sharp throw from point was muffled by Abdur Razzak and the two worked their way through the chase.

Dhoni, who survived a close lbw decision by umpire Ashoka de Silva when he was on 10 off Abdur Razzak's first delivery, struck seven boundaries in his 106-ball essay.

"It was one of my best innings as it helped me win the game for my team," said Dhoni at the post-match press conference.

"It was quite tough out there but during that partnership everything worked for us as we got the odd boundary whenever we needed them."

He had to use a runner for most of his innings but thanked the man who did the donkey's work for him.

"Only option was to play at that moment, but I must thank Yuvraj (Singh) for running for me," said the longhaired wicketkeeper-batsman.

It was left-arm paceman Syed Rasel who got the breakthrough for Bangladesh when he had left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir lbw for 21.

Soon, Bangladesh's man of the day Shakib took a brilliant catch, again off Rasel, to get rid of the other opener Virender Sehwag who fell for 30 off just 21 balls.

India lost their way when Yuvraj (1) and Dravid (22) were out in quick succession and then Dinesh Mongia was dismissed for 17. That left the tourists struggling at 144 for five in the 29th over.

But skipper Habibul Bashar took the foot off the gas and that left Dhoni and Karthik with a lot of gaps to work with as both batted with utmost ease in the dying stages.

Apart from Rasel, Shakib took two wickets while Shahadat Hossain picked up one.

In the morning, opener Tamim Iqbal gave the hosts a good start when he flayed the Indian medium-pacers to score 45 off 53 balls that included half-dozen boundaries.

But it was the partnership between Javed and Shakib that gave Bangladesh the score that could have ensured a win. After both batsmen were dismissed, Mohammad Ashraful (29) and Aftab Ahmed (16) batted slogged well to get their side to 250.

Part-time spinner Mongia was the best of a mediocre bowling effort taking three for 49 in 10 overs.

Off-spinner Ramesh Powar took two wickets.