Bangladesh cricketer Alok Kapali plays a shot during their Super League Asia Cup match against India in Karachi on Saturday.
After captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and elected to bat on a flat, dry pitch, Kapali hit a fighting maiden century to lead Bangladesh to their highest one-day total of 283-6 against India.
The 24-year-old made 115 to lift the innings with a 112-run stand (off just 96 balls) for the sixth wicket with Mahmudullah Riyad (26 not out). The duo raised 97 runs off the last 10 overs.
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Kapali, who faced 96 balls, was mainly responsible for pushing his side to a fighting total after they had slipped to 120 for four and then 169 for five.
It was a satisfying moment for the leg-spinning all-rounder as he was not picked in the original Asia Cup squad and only came in as a replacement for the injured Aftab Ahmed.
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