# Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007

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. 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.

## Squad lists

| ODI Squads | ODI Squads | Test Squads | Test Squads |
| Bangladesh | India | Bangladesh | India |
| Habibul Bashar (c) | Rahul Dravid (c) | Habibul Bashar (c) | Rahul Dravid (c) |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) | Virender Sehwag (vc) | Khaled Mashud (wk) | Sachin Tendulkar (vc) |
| Aftab Ahmed | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) | Mohammad Ashraful | Sourav Ganguly |
| Mohammad Ashraful | Piyush Chawla | Enamul Haque Jr | Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Gautam Gambhir | Shakib Al Hasan | Wasim Jaffer |
| Shahadat Hossain | Dinesh Karthik | Shahadat Hossain | Dinesh Karthik |
| Tamim Iqbal | Zaheer Khan | Mehrab Hossain Jr | Zaheer Khan |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Dinesh Mongia | Tushar Imran | Anil Kumble |
| Javed Omar | Munaf Patel | Mashrafe Mortaza | V. V. S. Laxman |
| Shahriar Nafees | Ramesh Powar | Shahriar Nafees | Munaf Patel |
| Mohammad Rafique | R. P. Singh | Javed Omar | Rajesh Pawar |
| Syed Rasel | Yuvraj Singh | Mohammad Rafique | Ramesh Powar |
| Abdur Razzak | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth | Syed Rasel | Ishant Sharma |
| Farhad Reza | Manoj Tiwary | Rajin Saleh | R. P. Singh |
| | Robin Uthappa | | V. R. V. Singh |
| | | | Yuvraj Singh |
| | | | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth |

## Series and pre-series events
### India

* 4 April 2007: Greg Chappell resigns from his post of Indian national team coach.
* 7 April 2007: Rahul Dravid retained as the Captain of the Test and ODI squad for three series, starting with India's tour of Bangladesh.
* 7 April 2007: Ravi Shastri appointed as the coach of the Indian team for the Bangladesh tour. Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh appointed as coaches for bowling and fielding respectively.
* 20 April 2007: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly rested from the ODI squad but retained in the test squad. Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan and Ajit Agarkar were dropped from both the squads. Virender Sehwag was dropped from the test squad but retained in the ODI squad. Three Debutants for the tour – Manoj Tiwari and Piyush Chawla in the ODI squad and Rajesh Pawar in the test squad.
* 8 May 2007: Manoj Tiwari's shoulder injury during practice in Dhaka sidelines hims for the ODI series. No replacements were sought by the team.
* 15 May 2007: S Sreesanth returns home with a calf muscle injury. RP Singh was retained as his replacement.
* 17 May 2007: Sachin Tendulkar was appointed vice-captain of the Indian test team for the Bangladesh series on the eve of the first Test match.
* 17 May 2007: Munaf Patel leaves the tour on the first day of the first Test following injury. Ishant Sharma is called up to replace him.

### Bangladesh

* 20 April 2007: Bangladesh national cricket coach Dav Whatmore resigns from his post effective at the end of the India tour of Bangladesh.
* 30 April 2007: Mohammad Ashraful is appointed as the vice-captain for the ODI squad. The selectors announce only the ODI squad and take a decision to name the Test squad after the end of the ODI series.
* 12 May 2007: Bangladesh announce their test squad side following the loss of the ODI series. Aftab Ahmed, Abdur Razzak dropped alongside wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim who has been replaced by veteran Khaled Mashud, who had been left out of the World Cup team.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 10 May 2007 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 250/7 (47/47 overs) | v | India 251/5 (46/47 overs) |
| Javed Omar 80 (117) Dinesh Mongia 3/49 (10 overs) | | MS Dhoni 93* (106) Shakib Al Hasan 2/43 (9 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets (D/L) Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI) and Nadir Shah (Ban) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (IND)
* Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 251 runs in 47 overs for India.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 May 2007 (scorecard)
| India 284/8 (49 overs) | v | Bangladesh 238/9 (49 overs) |
| Gautam Gambhir 101 (113) Mohammad Rafique 3/59 (10 overs) | | Habibul Bashar 43 (88) Piyush Chawla 3/37 (10 overs) |
* India won by 46 runs (D/L) Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Enamul Haque (Ban) Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
* Match reduced to 49 overs a side due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 285 runs in 49 overs for Bangladesh.
Gautam Gambhir's 101 was the first century to be made at the Sher-e-Bangla Mirpur Stadium and went on to help India to make the highest team total scored on the ground.

### 3rd ODI

* 15 May 2007 Scorecard
| India | v | Bangladesh |
* No result Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Enamul Haque (Ban)
* Match abandoned due to rain.
The pitch was washed out due to heavy rain from the previous two days, along with heavy winds from Cyclone Akash taking their toll on the ground conditions. Four and a half hours after the planned start time the umpires called off the match, anticipating another 2 hours from 13:00 (BST) would be needed – not leaving enough time for the minimum of 20 overs each to be played. The presentation of awards, including most wickets taken (picked up by Syed Rasel of Bangladesh), most runs scored and player of the series (both won by MS Dhoni of India), were handed out at the ground later in the day.

## Test series
### 1st test

* 18–22 May 2007 Scorecard
* Match drawn Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)
* Only one session played on day 2 due to a wet outfield.
* Day 3 washed out due to heavy rain.
* Delayed start to day 5 due to heavy rain.
* Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) and Ramesh Powar (Ind) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd test

* 25–29 May 2007 Scorecard
* India won by an innings and 239 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Zaheer Khan (Ind)
* Ishant Sharma (Ind) made his Test debut.