Kapali's 115 from 96 balls and his record sixth wicket stand of 112 with Mahmudullah (26 not out) took Bangladesh past their previous highest total against India of 257-9, made in 2004
Kapali, only in the squad because of an injury to batsman Aftab Ahmed, came in with his team on 120 for four in 24 overs.
He reached his sixth fifty in the 43rd over by hitting Yusuf Pathan for two sixes and in the next over savaged Manpreet Gony who went for two successive sixes, conceding 19 in the over.
Kapali's shot-making saw 97 runs come in the final 10 overs before he fell on the penultimate ball, caught by debutant Pragyan Ojha off Gony after hitting a total of 10 fours and five sixes.
His innings overshadowed 55 from opener Tamim Iqbal who struck seven fours after being dropped on 11.
Ojha, who finished with 2 for 43, took the wickets of Raquibul Hasan (25) and Mushfiqur Rahim (22).
Later the Indian innings was started by Gautham Gambhir and Robin Uthappa. Robin Uthappa disappointed with scoring just 2 runs. Rohith Sharma scored 22 runs before he was caught out. Until then it looked like Bangladesh is gaining control over the match and then came in Suresh Raina. Suresh Raina with Gautham Gambhir put up a good partnership which gave India 139 runs on the board. Suresh Raina scored his ton and was unbeaten at 116. After Gautham was dismissed Yuvraj singh came in just to see that everything is finished properly. Yuvraj singh scored 36 runs of 35 deliveries. Suresh Raina was awarded the man of the match award. Its remarkable that S Raina won the Man of the Match Award in the Last league match against Pakistan...
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