MS Dhoni admitted that India's 79-run defeat to Bangladesh would "hurt" and attributed it to a "lack of partnerships". A chase of 308 was further hampered by the home side's bowlers extracting greater lift from a sluggish pitch and canny use of variation.

In the end, India couldn't last the 50 overs and slumped to their worst loss to Bangladesh in terms of runs across all ODIs.

"I think the variations that they used were pretty impressive," Dhoni said. "They didn't bowl 140 kph and a slower one of 115 kph. They mixed up the pace well and also they had more bowlers who got more bounce compared to our fast bowlers.

"Bounce, at times on slow wicket, is a harder thing to negotiate because it climbs onto you and still you don't have enough pace to work around. I felt they used the variations well. And still they knew what was the exact length that was needed to bowl and I felt that was the difference between the fast bowling units."

-PTI